"You will want to tear through this ingenious tale in one sitting, but I urge you to resist and wallow in the strange, hilarious, whip-smart world Andrew Lipstein has built. Exacting, upending and constantly surprising, I loved this novel." – Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of Good Company
"In his engrossing new novel, Andrew Lipstein has produced a feverish, fantastically surprising parable about guilt, money, and (curveball) the lives of animals. It reads like the unholy offspring of Saul Bellow's
Seize the Day and Julio Cortázar's cosmic short fiction, or
Crime and Punishment for the Brooklyn brownstone set. I tore through it." –
Andrew Martin, author of
Cool for America "Andrew Lipstein's
The Vegan is
a meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read." –
Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Netanyahus "
Engrossing ... there's
genuine suspense in Lipstein's meaty novel of ideas. This is well worth the investment." –
Publishers Weekly "
The Vegan is
the weirdest novel I've read in ages. In a good way.
A genre unto itself. Skillfully written and strangely addictive." –
Lionel Shriver, author of
Should We Stay or Should We Go "I tore through Andrew Lipstein's second novel. Smart, fresh, funny, strangely moving,
wonderfully weird and beautifully written,
The Vegan is just
a terrific book." –
Laird Hunt, author of
Zorrie "[
The Vegan] uses juxtaposition to surprising effect:
philosophy mixes with financial thriller, high capitalism with animalia. But things are never as dissimilar as they first seem–sometimes, the book says, when our lives and beliefs bend so far, they can ultimately make a full circle.
A topsy-turvy investigation of that most disorienting question: What does it mean to be a good person?" –
Kirkus Reviews "With
mind-bending skillfulness,
The Vegan plumbs the back alleys of morality without ever moralizing.
This is storytelling that feels sharply contemporary, dizzyingly intelligent, and utterly original. " –
Allegra Hyde, author of
The Last Catastrophe "Andrew Lipstein's
hilarious, acid-tart, spot-on, and deeply unnerving novel
The Vegan follows its privileged narrator as his inability to tolerate his own guilt and complicity deranges him. We can't turn away as he follows his impulse, both righteous and ridiculous, to burn it all down.
Lipstein has written a precise, weird, and wildly propulsive take on modern American ethical and moral bankruptcy." –
Dana Spiotta, author of
Wayward "
A fresh, witty, masterfully crafted morality tale for the modern age. Lipstein has conceived an unforgettable character, terrifyingly real, who could have walked out of an episode of
Succession.
I absolutely (bordering on obsessively) loved this novel." –
Virginia Feito, author of
Miss March "I ignored house and home to read this
propulsive story of impulse, guilt, and resolve. A dazzling and resonant allegory for our moral moment." –
Julia May Jonas, author of
Vladimir "
The Vegan is
unexpectedly hilarious in the face of doom. Andrew Lipstein has managed to create gruesomely cinematic scenes within a contemporary landscape of greed, and it's amazing to watch." –
Chelsea Hodson, author of
Tonight I'm Someone Else "A sharply observed literary novel with elements of satire and intrigue baked into the mix,
The Vegan is
a deftly told morality tale for our time." –
Jonathan Tropper, author of
One Last Thing Before I Go "A funny, intelligent page-turner,
The Vegan explores what it means to have self-determination and to take it from another–or to have it taken from you. It unfolds in a delectably paranoid fever dream that possesses a Kafkaesque strangeness, humor, and moral terror.
One of the most entertaining and beguiling novels I've read in years. Lipstein has quickly joined the ranks of my favorite contemporary novelists." –
Cara Blue Adams, author of
You Never Get It Back "
The Vegan is a literary journey
as carnal as it is clever. Comedic, profound, and charmingly weird, Lipstein's second novel is i
rresistible fare for all bibliovores. Eat up." –
Mark Prins, author of
The Latinist
