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This is FRESH AIR. Ben Markovits' novel, "The Rest Of Our Lives," was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize and has just been published here in the U.S. Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, says it's the perfect little literary novel to curl up with, especially if winter weather has you feeling cooped up.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, BYLINE: Tom Layward, the narrator and main character of Ben Markovits' new novel, "The Rest Of Our Lives," introduces himself in a curious way. On the very first page of the book, he talks matter-of-factly about the affair his wife Amy had 12 years ago, when their two kids were young. Amy, who's Jewish, got involved at a local synagogue in Westchester. Tom, who was raised Catholic and clearly not a joiner, remained on the sidelines.
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