Edgar and Lucy: A Novel Audiobook

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• “Victor Lodato’s unique novel features a cast of vividly drawn characters who are dealing with love and loss. It’s utterly absorbing, with evocative, lyrical writing that is rendered beautifully in the author’s narration of his own work…Lodato’s narration evokes sympathy, drawing the listener in while maintaining the suspense that keeps the story moving forward in such an original manner. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “At once profoundly spiritual and hilariously specific…Never ceases to remind us how fragile human life is yet how unshakeable the bonds.”

  — Lena Dunham, bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl

• “A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder.”

  — Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of The Leftovers

• “Edgar’s journey…is that rare tale that’s both epic and intimate, as joyful and startlingly original in its language as it is a pleasure to read.”

  — Sophie McManus, author of The Unfortunates

• "It's utterly absorbing, with evocative, lyrical writing that is rendered beautifully in the author's narration of his own work...Lodato's narration evokes sympathy, drawing the listener in while maintaining the suspense that keeps the story moving forward in such an original manner.

  — AudioFile, Earphones Award

• I love this book. At once profoundly spiritual and hilariously specific, Victor Lodato's Edgar and Lucy is an unusual and intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder and terror of both child and parenthood with an uncanny clarity. The surprising prose is a pleasure, and never ceases to remind us how fragile human life is yet how unshakeable the bonds. Edgar and Lucy will have you reading til 4am, then reaching for the closest warm body.

  — Lena Dunham, bestselling author and Golden Globe-winning actress

• This tale gradually exerts a fiendish grip on the reader

  — Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

• Edgar and Lucy is a quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing itsheart or its sense of wonder. Victor Lodato writes with lyrical precision and unfailing compassion for his characters.

  — Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of The Leftovers

• Victor Lodato may be our bard of the sadness, humor, and confusion of loss. He senses the absurdities and elation of mourning and childhood with a capacious precision that brings to mind J.D. Salinger, Lorrie Moore, Karen Russell, even James Joyce. Edgar and Lucy will make you feel things you haven't felt in ages. Go read it right now.

  — Dan Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West

• Victor Lodato’s work is complex, elegant, disturbing, beautifully written, and, above all, important. I can say without hesitation that he is a writer who gives me hope for the future of serious literature.

  — Lynn Freed, author ofThe Servants’ Quarters

• A phenomenal debut…Lodato indelibly captures the fragile vulnerability and fearless bravado of adolescence through Mathilda's impeccable voice, one that rages with alienation, frustration, and confusion as much as it aches with hope, wonder, and desire. – Booklist (starred review)

• Compulsively readable…Both mature adolescents and adult readers will find much to love in Lodato’s remarkable creation.

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• From page one, the outrageous, pitch-perfect voice of this book grabs you up and won't let go. A bravura Performance.

  — Mary Kaar, author of The Liars Club

• Engaging and humorous yet grappling with serious issues.

  — Library Journal (starred review)