Neon in Daylight: A Novel
Jan 2018 · Catapult
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“Hermione Hoby paints a garish world that drew me in and held me spellbound. She is a marvel."—Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth
“[A] classic New York City novel—sleek and stylish, both in literary craft and in the milieu portrayed.”—Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter
“A radiant first novel” of a young woman’s sweltering summer in the city and the relationships she forms there (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times).
New York City in 2012, the summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her future. She has two unfortunate responsibilities during her time in America: to make regular Skype calls to her miserable boyfriend back home, and to cat–sit an indifferent feline named Joni Mitchell.
The city has other plans for her. In New York's parks and bodegas, its galleries and performance spaces, its bars and clubs crowded with bodies, Kate encounters two strangers who will transform her stay: Bill, a charismatic but embittered writer made famous by the movie version of his only novel; and Inez, his daughter, a recent high school graduate who supplements her Bushwick cafe salary by enacting the fantasies of men she meets on Craigslist. Unmoored from her old life, Kate falls into an infatuation with both of them.
Set in a heatwave that feels like it will never break, Neon In Daylight marries deep intelligence with captivating characters to offer us a joyful, unflinching exploration of desire, solitude, and the thin line between life and art.
“[A] classic New York City novel—sleek and stylish, both in literary craft and in the milieu portrayed.”—Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter
“A radiant first novel” of a young woman’s sweltering summer in the city and the relationships she forms there (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times).
New York City in 2012, the summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her future. She has two unfortunate responsibilities during her time in America: to make regular Skype calls to her miserable boyfriend back home, and to cat–sit an indifferent feline named Joni Mitchell.
The city has other plans for her. In New York's parks and bodegas, its galleries and performance spaces, its bars and clubs crowded with bodies, Kate encounters two strangers who will transform her stay: Bill, a charismatic but embittered writer made famous by the movie version of his only novel; and Inez, his daughter, a recent high school graduate who supplements her Bushwick cafe salary by enacting the fantasies of men she meets on Craigslist. Unmoored from her old life, Kate falls into an infatuation with both of them.
Set in a heatwave that feels like it will never break, Neon In Daylight marries deep intelligence with captivating characters to offer us a joyful, unflinching exploration of desire, solitude, and the thin line between life and art.
“Hermione Hoby paints a garish world that drew me in and held me spellbound. She is a marvel."—Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth
“[A] classic New York City novel—sleek and stylish, both in literary craft and in the milieu portrayed.”—Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Swee...
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Hermione Hoby grew up in south London and has lived in New York since 2010. She is a freelance journalist who writes about culture and gender for publications including The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. She also writes the “Stranger of the Week” column for The Awl. Neon in Daylight is her first novel.
Hermione Hoby grew up in south London and has lived in New York since 2010. She is a freelance journalist who writes about culture and gender for publications including The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Times Literary Supplement. She also writes the “Stranger of the Week” ...
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