description: Yearning for a life of the mind, Ruth Puttermesser finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life hopeless, her fantasies more influential than wan reality, she nevertheless turns out to be the best mayor New York City has ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and--even for a wistful visionary like Puttermesser--the problem of disappointment remains unresolved.
language: English
title: The Puttermesser Papers
titlecomplete: The Puttermesser Papers
genres: New York, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Jewish, Novels, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 1377
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: O. Henry Award
category: 'Puttermesser Paired', awardedAt: 852105600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Vintage