The Latecomer
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The Latecomer
By (Author) Jean Hanff Korelitz
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
2nd May 2023
4th August 2022
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
560
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 33mm
461g
Description
The Oppenheimer triplets have been reared with every advantage: wealth,education, and the determined attention of at least one of their parents. Butthey have been desperate to escape each other ever since they were born.
Now, on the verge of their departure for college and so close to their long covetedfreedom, the triplets are forced to contend with an unexpectedcomplication: a fourth Oppenheimer sibling has just been born. What has possessedtheir parents to make such an unfathomable decision The triplets can'tbegin to imagine the power this little latecomer is about to exert - nor justhow destructive she'll be to their plans . . .
Reviews
'Remarkable.' - Stephen King, on The Plot
'It keeps you guessing and wondering, and also keeps you thinking. ' - TheNew York Times Book Review, on The Plot
Author Bio
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of seven novels, includingYou Should Have Known (adapted as the 2020 HBO seriesThe Undoing), and The Plot. She and her husband, poet PaulMuldoon, are the parents of two children and live in NewYork City.
