The Vegan

Herschel Caine is a master of the universe and his hedge fund is close to sapping profits from the market. On May 12, he hosts a dinner party to impress his neighbors, but it falters, and he concocts a prank that goes horrifically awry. He clings to the moral clarity he finds in a connection with his neighbor's dog, and the novel challenges our ideas of contemporary morality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Herschel Caine is a master of the universe, and his hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is on the verge of systematically sapping profits from the market. His SoHo offices (shoes optional, therapy required) are ready for desperate investors to flood through the doors. However, on May 12, his mind is elsewhere - at his Cobble Hill townhouse and the dinner party designed to impress his flawless neighbors. When the soiree falters, Herschel concocts a prank that goes horrifically awry, plunging him into a tailspin of guilt and regret. As Herschel's perfect world starts to slip away, he clings to the moral clarity he finds in the last place he'd expect: a sudden connection with his neighbor's dog.

A wildly inventive, reality-bending trip, The Vegan holds a mirror up to its reader and poses a question only a hedge fund manager could: is purity a convertible asset? The more Herschel disavows his original sin, and the more it threatens to be revealed, the more it becomes something else entirely: a way into a forgotten world of animals, nature, and life beyond words.

Andrew Lipstein, the author of Last Resort, a novel that you'll think about . . . for weeks after you read the last pages (Los Angeles Times), challenges our ideas of contemporary morality in his scintillating, provocative second novel. The Vegan is a must-read for anyone who loves a good story that challenges their preconceptions and pushes the boundaries of what we think is possible.

Weight: 434g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399602594