Ways and Means Text by Lydia Bacrie and Charlotte Brunel

Ways and Means Text by Lydia Bacrie and Charlotte Brunel** LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ** A searing debut novel about a striving finance student, the line between ambition and greed, and the disordered politics of our era [An] auspicious debut . . . a wildly entertaining drama of ambition and consequence. Sam Sacks, WALL STREET JOURNAL An absolute riot Thrilling Lefferts's wry examination of the societal and economic shifts that led to the once unthinkable hits incredibly

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