Triburbia: A Novel
“Greenfeld’s sensitivity to nuances of the zeitgeist and his keen observational skills make his characters (some of whom will seem eerily familiar to longtime residents of downtown Manhattan) instantly recognizable as creatures of their time and place without quite denying them their humanity.” (Jay McInerney,New York Times Book Review)“Greenfeld reveals his characters’ humanity with sly humor and an unerring eye.” (People)“Greenfeld taps into something universal withTriburbia. . . . An accomplished journalist, Greenfeld brings a reporter’s curiosity and an artist’s empathy to his crackling, observant first novel.” (Entertainment Weekly(A-))“Greenfeld is an acute social observer, butTriburbiais more than a chronicle of fading hipness; it’s also a loving examination of marital and family trials and ties.” (Boston Globe)“The pleasures of Karl Taro Greenfeld’s writing are easy to catalog -- a crystalline, terrifically readable prose style; a vast repository of trenchant observations; and a caustic sense of humor that recalls Jonathan Franzen yet with a refreshing economy of speech.” (San Francisco Chronicle)“Dublinersfor the middle-aged downtown set. . . . Mr. Greenfeld’s prose is as lean and declarative as a newspaper article, though there are moments of creepy comic brilliance.” (The Observer)“Triburbiais darkly humorous, occasionally lascivious, unsparing in its condemnations of the main characters and intrepid in its honest descriptions of the human conscience… But it’s not a sad book. It’s a candid one. And a good one. It is reassuring, cathartic even.” (Downtown Magazine)“Triburbiais a snapshot of a Manhattan subculture at a certain moment in time. . . . An acclaimed memoirist and journalist turns to fiction to capture the spirit of his neighborhood in the full throes of gentrification.” (Shelf Awareness)“Compelling. . . . Greenfeld brilliantly illuminates the pecking order and power plays behind the smug façade of this fashionable urban fortress . . . A surprising, involving, and strikingly perceptive tale of social and personal metamorphoses.” (Booklist(starred review))“An absorbing first novel. . . . Greenfeld wields his critiques, humor, and observations to create a compelling little universe.” (Publishers Weekly(starred review))“Pitch-perfect, dry, and smart, this is a vivid portrait of New York, our lives, our loves, and our hearts.” (Susan Orlean, author ofRin Tin TinandThe Orchid Thief)“Triburbiais a chorus of voices so sharp, vivid, and finely tuned that New York sounds as if it’s speaking directly to us. But more than a portrait of a neighborhood, it’s also an absorbing exposé of the extravagant preoccupations and dark desires of the new millennium.” (Eleanor Henderson, author ofTen Thousand Saints)“Voyeurism this seductive and satisfying is usually attended with a trespassing charge. Thanks are owed to Karl Taro Greenfeld for removing the nasty middleman of legal repercussion.” (Amelia Gray, author ofThreats)“I lovedTriburbia, loved dropping in on these wonderful characters with their outsized appetites and ambitions . . . Most of all, though, I loved Karl Taro Greenfeld’s deft satirical touch, the searing empathy with which he offers up his privileged, damaged people to the world.” (Jess Walter, author ofBeautiful RuinsandThe Financial Lives of the Poets)“Triburbia, should share space on the shelf next to Tom Perrotta’sLittle Childrenand Jeffery Eugenides’sThe Virgin Suicides.” (Benjamin Percy, author ofThe WildingandRefresh, Refresh)“The excellentTriburbiabrings to mind such modern masters as Cheever, Updike, and Salter, but Greenfeld delivers his own wonderfully sharp-eyed take on recent American life. . . . This is fiction of the first rank--intense, suspenseful, and relevant in the most urgent way.” (Ben Fountain, author ofBilly Lynn's Long Halftime WalkandBrief Encounters with Che Guevara,)“Set on the streets of Manhattan’s Tribeca as it transforms from an artist’s haven to a place for yuppies and their children,Triburbiashowcases Karl Taro Greenfeld’s exceptional talent as both a storyteller and satirist.” (Hannah Tinti, author ofThe Good Thief)