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Lake Success A Novel

Gary Shteyngart

“Spectacular.”—NPR • “Uproariously funny.”— Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge-fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son’s diagnosis of autism, he...

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The Ezra Klein Show

The guest noted that he had written this novel, set in the world of hedgefund managers, to explore themes of wealth and emptiness.

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I wrote a book, Lake Success, that was set in the world of hedge funders.

— Episode: I Keep Telling People We’re Living in Th...

Episode: I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopi...

The guest noted that he had written this novel, set in the world of hedgefund managers, to explore themes of wealth and emptiness.

"

I wrote a book, Lake Success, that was set in the world of hedge funders.

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