Herschel Caine is a master of the universe. His hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is inches away from systematically sapping profits from the market. His SoHo offices (shoes optional, therapy required) are ready for desperate investors to flood through the doors. But on May 12, his mind is elsewhere-at his Cobble Hill townhouse and the dinner party designed to impress his flawless neighbours. 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 neighbour'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.

'Andrew Lipstein's The Vegan is a meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read' Joshua Cohen, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Herschel Caine is a master of the universe. His hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is inches away from systematically sapping profits from the market. His SoHo offices (shoes optional, therapy required) are ready for desperate investors to flood through the doors. But 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 (and morality tales) in his scintillating, provocative second novel.

Named a Best Book of 2022 by the New Yorker Named a Top 10 Book of the Year by Slate Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture A New York Times Editors' Choice Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 'Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort... Excellent' THE TIMES 'You won't read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year' GUARDIAN 'A funny, fast-paced literary satire' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Incredibly entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES, Editor's Choice 'Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy' WASHINGTON POST 'If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it' MEG MASON 'Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate' CLAIRE FULLER 'A rare accomplishment' RUMAAN ALAM 'Wickedly funny: I loved it' PATRICK GALE 'Superbly written, darkly funny and gripping from the first page. I absolutely loved it' EMMA STONEX Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune and a taste of the literary life. He can't wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel's 'inspiration.' When Avi gets his hands on the manuscript, he sees nothing but theft - and opportunity. And so Caleb is forced to make a Faustian bargain, one that tests his theories of success, ambition and the limits of art.

Named a Best Book of 2022 by the New Yorker Named a Top 10 Book of the Year by Slate Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture A New York Times Editors' Choice Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 'Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort... Excellent' THE TIMES 'You won't read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year' GUARDIAN 'A funny, fast-paced literary satire' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Incredibly entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES, Editor's Choice 'Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy' WASHINGTON POST 'If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it' MEG MASON 'Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate' CLAIRE FULLER 'A rare accomplishment' RUMAAN ALAM 'Wickedly funny: I loved it' PATRICK GALE 'Superbly written, darkly funny and gripping from the first page. I absolutely loved it' EMMA STONEX Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune and a taste of the literary life. He can't wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel's 'inspiration.' When Avi gets his hands on the manuscript, he sees nothing but theft - and opportunity. And so Caleb is forced to make a Faustian bargain, one that tests his theories of success, ambition and the limits of art.

Named a Best Book of 2022 by the New Yorker Named a Top 10 Book of the Year by Slate Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture A New York Times Editors' Choice Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 'Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein's Last Resort... Excellent' THE TIMES 'You won't read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year' GUARDIAN 'A funny, fast-paced literary satire' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Incredibly entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES, Editor's Choice 'Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy' WASHINGTON POST 'If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it' MEG MASON 'Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate' CLAIRE FULLER 'A rare accomplishment' RUMAAN ALAM 'Wickedly funny: I loved it' PATRICK GALE 'Superbly written, darkly funny and gripping from the first page. I absolutely loved it' EMMA STONEX Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune and a taste of the literary life. He can't wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel's 'inspiration.' When Avi gets his hands on the manuscript, he sees nothing but theft - and opportunity. And so Caleb is forced to make a Faustian bargain, one that tests his theories of success, ambition and the limits of art.