Willing: A Novel

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Thirty-seven-year-old freelance writer Avery Jankowsky is devastated when his girlfriend, Deirdre, confesses that she has been having an affair. Beside himself with jealousy and grief, Avery accepts his uncle Ezra's advice-and his tickets to an all-expenses-paid international sex tour. Sensing a white-hot book idea (and a chance to get back at faithless Deirdre), Avery joins a group of mostly wealthy and accomplished travelers on a mad Nordic whirl, descending ever deeper into a world that is equal parts hilarity and nightmare. From two-time National Book Award finalist Scott Spencer comes a startling tour de force that explores the limits of male restraint, the intoxications of privilege, and the maddening dangers of freedom.

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"Spencer writes of passion with precision and candor...buoyantly funny...immensely moving." -- Booklist

Author Bio

Scott Spencer is the author of nine previous novels, including ENDLESS LOVE, which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold over 2 million copies. His other novels include THE RICH MANS TABLE, MEN IN BLACK, A SHIP MADE OF PAPER, and WAKING THE DEAD, a film version of which was produced by Jodie Foster in 2000, starring Jennifer Connelly and Billy Crudup. He has written for ROLLING STONE, NYT, The New Yorker, GQ, and HARPERS, and he has taught fiction writing at Columbia University, The University of Iowa, and Williams College. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.