Nathan Hill

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Nathan Hill

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The Nix is the love child of Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES

A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times 2016 Notable Book, Nathan Hill’s explosively funny, bighearted debut about a mother and son, announces the arrival of an astonishing talent.

It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson hasn’t seen his mother Faye in decades—not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now she’s re-appeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news and inflames a politically divided country. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: she’s facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuel’s help.

From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, The Nix explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.

More About Nathan Hill

More About Nathan Hill

The Guardian, January 2017

The Nix book review

The New York Times, September 2016

The Nix, book review

Slate, November 2016

Nathan Hill on The Nix, Satirizing the Media, and Capturing the Absurdity of America in Fiction

Book Signing

A book signing will follow the lecture. A selection of backlist titles and the author’s current book will be available for sale from Classic Lines.

Partner

Presented in partnership with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

The Nix by Nathan Hill

WHEN

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 7 p.m.

TICKETS

$10
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Tickets may also be purchased via phone (412.622.8866) or at the door from 6 p.m. on the day of the event.

WHERE

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213

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