The Most

ISBN: 0316576379

Author: Anthony, Jessica

Condition: New

Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. One of Times 100 Must-Read Books of 2024. One of the Washington Posts Best Books of 2024.From one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightly wound, consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife who goes for a swim in her apartment complexs swimming pool one morning...and wont come out.Its November 3, 1957. As Sputnik 2 launches into space, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day. Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isnt particularly happy in his job but he fulfills the role. Kathleen Beckett, once a promising tennis champion with a key shot up her sleeve, is now a mother and homemaker. On this unseasonably warm Sunday, Kathleen decides not to join her family at church. Instead, she unearths her old, red bathing suit and descends into the deserted swimming pool of their apartment complex in Newark, Delaware. And then she wont come out.A riveting, single-sitting read set over the course of eight hours, The Most masterly breaches the shimmering surface of a seemingly idyllic mid-century marriage, immersing us in the unspoken truth beneath.