Andrew Ridker

Sep 21, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Tony Tulathimutte |Andrew Ridker

You can tell a lot about a country by the culture it consumes. The Bush era was defined by a brand of bombast befitting a blundering empire: from 24 to 300, Team America to Talladega Nights, the U.S. in the new millennium seemed intent on both dramatizing and lampooning the nation’s new role as dunderheaded defender of democracy.

Jul 26, 2023 | grazia.co.in | Andrew Ridker |Yan Ge

Add these four books to your TBR pile as soon as possible:1. Hope by Andrew Ridker, Penguin Random House Andrew Ridker’s latest novel follows the Greenspans, a seemingly regular family, over the course of one year that is volatile and leads to them questioning and compromising on the values that have shaped their lives. 2.

Jul 14, 2023 | shelf-awareness.com | Paul G Tremblay |Andrew Ridker |Maud Ventura |Emma Ramadan

Does a commitment to doing good deeds entitle a person to some ethical leeway? The question is teased in Hope, Andrew Ridker's loving and hilarious satire of liberal pieties, starring the Greenspans of Brookline, Mass., who--despite seeming to have it all--make choices that risk it all for that elusive American-branded commodity: happiness. Scott Greenspan has a successful cardiology practice.

Jul 12, 2023 | lithub.com | Andrew Ridker

For years I refused to read historical fiction. It seemed to me that there was something artificial—dishonest, even—in summoning a time and place that hadn’t been experienced firsthand. I couldn’t see past the affected dialogue, the funny hats, and my suspicion that the author was making it all up, like science fiction in reverse. To me, the purpose of literature, if in fact it had a purpose, involved making sense of the world as it is—not as it was.

Jul 11, 2023 | newspub.live | Andrew Ridker

It was already Tuesday in Sydney, Australia, but Jessica Pegula was watching “Monday Night Football” on her phone on Jan. 3 as she waited to go on court at the United Cup. Suddenly, she felt the same sickening fear many football fans had that day, but perhaps with more resonance.