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The Winner: A Novel

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A New York Times Book Review and Washington Post "Top-10 Thriller of the Year"A New Yorker, Vogue, Esquire, Elle, and Bookshop.org "Best Book of the Year'Conor O’Toole has never been anywhere like Cutters Neck, a gated community near Cape Cod. It’s a sweet deal for the summer: in exchange for tennis lessons, he receives free lodging in a luxurious guest cottage, far from the cramped Yonkers apartment he shares with his diabetic mother.In this oceanfront paradise, however, new clients prove hard to come by, and Conor has bills to pay. When Catherine, a sharp-tongued divorcée, offers double his usual rate, he soon realizes she is expecting additional, off the court services for her money, and Conor tumbles into a secret erotic affair unlike anything he’s experienced before.Despite his steamy flings with a woman twice his age, he simultaneously finds himself falling for an artsy, outspoken girl he meets on the beach. With cautious, strategic planning, Conor somehow manages this tangled web—until he makes one final, irreversible mistake.A dark, explosive literary thriller that brilliantly skewers the elite, Whiting Award winner Teddy Wayne’s unputdownable novel is cinematic, shocking, and a psychological masterpiece. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper


Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 2024


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063353598


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 96


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.97 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #86,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #721 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #2,148 in Fiction Satire #4,994 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Entertaining
Format: Kindle
Enjoyed the book. The character was fallible. It was interesting to see how he was able to maneuvere his way into various juxtapositions.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2025 by Nanflintok
    • Exceptional read!
Format: Kindle
This book was exciting and kept me wanting more. The closer I got to the end the more nervous I got. If you're looking for a book that keeps you on the edge, this is the book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024 by Kathy Butterworth
    • Suspend Belief
Format: Hardcover
I read a very positive review and bought this book. My 3 stars are generous, 2 1/2 would be more like it. I sped read through it and thought the plot was predictable and ridiculous. Donated it thereafter.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025 by Tally
    • Utterly implausible, not fun to read
Format: Kindle
I put this book down several times, but I kept picking it back up hoping it would somehow redeem itself. It didn't. Our young protagonist seemed to have such promise -- smart, hard-working, focused, an accomplished tennis player who worked his way through college and law school -- and yet he went SO far off the rails SO quickly. So many questionable decisions, and they all seemed so completely out of character. The sex scenes with the mom were bizarrely clinical, to the point that I thought they must have been AI-generated. The ending was ridiculous but mercifully abrupt. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024 by A reader
    • Unexpected Mystery, Good Read
Format: Kindle
I was honestly drawn to the book by it's title, and although the essential character dynamic was a little off putting at first, I found myself enjoying the story and even when I thought I had the ending figured out, it's definitely a bit of a twisty end where you get to the last page and say, "wait..." and need to rethink the story and then it all comes together. I am definitely going to read his other books. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2024 by Kate F
    • This one’s a banger
Format: Kindle
The story starts off slowly and takes a while before it launches off like the rocket ship the book hints at every now and then. What I thought would be a chore to finish turned out to be one of the best stories I read this year. One of my favorite writers did it again.
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2024 by Dominik
    • Oedipus Wrecks: A Tennis Pro, Two Women, and a Whole Lotta Nope
Format: Hardcover
Five stars for the drama, zero for the dude. Reading this novel was similar to watching a slow-motion train wreck orchestrated by a guy with the moral compass of a drunken seagull. Our "hero" is a discount Gatsby minus the charm, a law school grad who's never heard of the term "hubris." He stumbles into a classic love triangle between Mom, a rich cougar funding and controlling his existence, and her daughter, the sweet, innocent one who deserves better. Instead of swords and shields, it's tennis racquets and trust funds. He juggles them with the grace of a toddler juggling chainsaws, and you just know it will end badly. Wayne nails the satire, skewering the wealthy elite of Cutters Neck with surgical precision. Not that you care, really, because Conner's lack of agency and victim mentality is so distracting that you desperately want to reach through the pages to strangle him while screaming at him to make a choice or, better yet, develop a conscience. This is a twisted, modern take on a Greek tragedy, complete with a chorus of judgmental rich people and a downfall that's both inevitable and cringeworthy. If you enjoy watching someone self-destruct with the subtlety of a fireworks factory explosion, "The Winner" is your book. Just be prepared to yell at the protagonist a lot. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024 by Benjamin G. Pratt
    • This thriller turns up the heat
Format: Kindle
Dirty and dangerous. Titillating and intoxicating. Think of it as the summer vacation you’ll never want to go on, yet the book you won’t be able to put down. It’s the summer of the pandemic, sweet, handsome, innocent Conor has come to Cutter Island, a WASP haven near Cape Cod where masks are optional except for the help, G&Ts are flowing, bored teens turn naughty, and divorced women are insatiable, free room and board, in exchange for tennis lessons, he just needs to find time to study for the bar and find a job. He ends up torn between two women and is hitting more than balls on the courts. Readers, prepare to find yourself in suspense as this thriller heats up in more ways than one. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2024 by carilynp

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