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“A tour de force of control, tone, and razor-slash insight…I could not put it down.”
— Michael Chabon, New York Times bestselling author
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“A lacerating novella.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine
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“An exciting debut novel with a fast-paced plot and plenty of suspense.”
— Vogue
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Weiner deftly exposes the weirdness of mundane life
changes" and "chillingly reminds us of how unstable the ground is that we take
for granted beneath our feet.
— Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
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creepy,
unsettling...and queasily seductive
— USA Today
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Beyond its chilling
portrait of America's social and economic divide, the novel raises a number of
thorny questions... Weiner writes with maximum economy
— Associated Press
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You'll devour it in a single, heart-racing sitting.
— People
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slim but it packs a substantial punch
— Seattle Review of Books
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The Matthew Weiner of Mad Men makes himself known in Heather via sharp and complex character insights...the novel transcends the status of a mere sleek, domestic thriller, and contributes meaningfully, unexpectedly, to resistance.
— The Millions
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A sharp, slim page-turner, though much simmers underneath the surface
of Weiner's deft prose.
— BookPage
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Weiner's award-winning writing and producing of such renowned television shows as The Sopranos and Mad Men is neatly evident in his quietly thrilling debut novel. Written in descriptive and illuminating scene-like snippets-though nearly free of dialogue-this one-sitting read concerns the eerily shared delusions of a privileged Manhattan family and a man who stalks the periphery of their lives...The sense of doom is sharply rendered, characters are well developed, and their motivations are finely wrought. Readers will hope for more book-form fiction from Weiner.
— Booklist
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A sharp, character-driven debut novel that examines class and parenting
with equal power,
— B&N Reads
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Weiner has created a very contemporary and creepy little novel about a teenaged girl and a fervent admirer. Rife with observations about Manhattan's elite, Heather is both unsettling and satisfying.
— Literary Hub
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viscerally real and
totally chilling, this is a fantastic book.
— Bookreporter
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A page-turning thriller...we highly recommend reading
it in one sitting so you can soak it all in.
— Popsugar
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Fans of Mad Men will find familiar themes lurking in the show creator's debut novel.
— Harper's Bazaar
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Heather, The Totality is a tour de force of control, tone and razor-slash insight. In its clear-eyed anatomist's gaze and its remarkable combination of empathy and pitilessness I hear echoes of Flaubert and Richard Yates, with a deeply twisted twist of Muriel Spark at her darkest. I could not put it down.
— Michael Chabon, author of Moonglow
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Short and rapier-sharp, Matthew Weiner's HEATHER, THE TOTALITY compels and unnerves in equal measure. Like the great Patricia Highsmith, Weiner renders the disturbing not just plausible but exquisitely, agonizingly inevitable. A tour de force.
— Claire Messud, author of The Burning Girl
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This short novel of upper-crust anomie and class-divide obsession is a scorcher! It's the classic noir construction: the short walk off the long ledge and the plummet to an indifferent Hell. Matthew Weiner demonically delivers the goods! Read this book in one gasping breath.
— James Ellroy, author of L.A. Confidential and Perfidia
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slender but
searingly intense".—New York Journal of Book
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An exciting debut novel with a fast-paced plot and plenty of suspense
— Vogue
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sure to draw in
fans of his character-driven work...Leave it to Weiner to derail a
picture-perfect family.
— W Magazine
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A lacerating novella.
— O, The Oprah Magazine
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Brief but with a big punch...Weiner paints a detailed, achingly insightful picture.
— Elle
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Mad Men creator Weiner crafts a finely honed tale that highlights class conflict." —Publisher's Weekly
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A page-turning thriller.
— Pop Sugar
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I cringed and shuddered my way through this short, daring novel to its terrible inevitable end. Each neat, measured paragraph carpaccios its characters to get to the book's heart - one of Boschian self-cannibalising isolation. A stunning novel. Heather, The Totality blew me away."—Nick Cave
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A miraculous and fearless novel, Heather is unprecedented. As well as being smart, sharp and readable, it proves there are still fresh and exciting ways to write fiction.
— MJ Hyland, author of Carry Me Down
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Chilling and poised, I loved it
— Maggie O'Farrell, author of This Must Be the Place