Willing: A Novel

by Scott Spencer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060760168
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/17/2009
Series:	P.S. Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.98(w) x 5.24(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Scott Spencer is the author of twelve novels, including Endless Love,Waking the Dead, A Ship Made of Paper, and Willing. He has taught at Columbia University, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Williams College, the University of Virginia, and at Eastern Correctional Facility as part of the Bard Prison Initiative. He lives in upstate New York.

Hometown:

Rhinebeck, New York

Date of Birth:

September 1, 1945

Place of Birth:

Washington, D.C.

Education:

B. A., University of Wisconsin, 1969

Editorial Reviews

Spencer writes of passion with precision and candor…buoyantly funny...immensely moving.” — Booklist

From the Publisher

Spencer writes of passion with precision and candor…buoyantly funny...immensely moving.

Booklist

Spencer writes of passion with precision and candor…buoyantly funny...immensely moving.

Booklist