The Last Good Chance: A Novel - Softcover

Barbash, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062355317 ISBN 13: 9780062355317

Publisher: Ecco, 2018

Synopsis

In this captivating first novel, a young man’s plan to revitalize his hometown leads four of its inhabitants down alternating paths of desire and deceit

When the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading post-industrial waterfront into a tasteful commercial development for tourists and yuppies, the town of Lakeland quickly gets on board. At first glance, Jack seems to have it all: a successful urban planner, he’s also brought home his fiancée, Anne, a talented artist with whom he’s fiercely in love. But it doesn’t take long for cracks to appear in Jack’s idyllic life

Enter Steven Turner – exiled New Yorker, local reporter looking for a scoop, and Jack’s best friend in Lakeland. Between the two of them come Anne, who Steven grows close to, and Jack’s floundering brother Harris, who spends his nights breaking the law to bury the mistakes of the past that might derail Jack’s plans. As Steven’s personal and professional incursion into Jack’s life intensifies, all four characters find themselves starting to unravel.

Moving, poignant, and rife with humor, The Last Good Chance is a powerful debut novel about the moral compromises we make in the name of loyalty, ambition, and love. 

About this title

About the Author

Tom Barbash is the author of the award-winning novel, The Last Good Chance, which was was awarded the California Book Award, and the short story collection Stay Up With Me, which was a national bestseller and was nominated for the Folio Prize. His nonfiction book, On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal, was a New York Times bestseller. His stories and articles have been published in Tin House, McSweeney’s, VQR, and other publications, and have been performed on National Public Radio for their Selected Shorts Series. He currently teaches in the MFA program at California College of the Arts. He grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and currently lives in Marin County.

From the Back Cover

When the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading postindustrial waterfront, the town of Lakeland quickly gets on board. At first glance, Jack seems to have it all: a successful urban planner, he’s also brought home his fiancée, Anne, a talented artist with whom he’s fiercely in love.

Enter Steven Turner—exiled New Yorker, local reporter looking for a scoop, and Jack’s best friend in Lakeland. As Steven’s personal and professional incursion into Jack’s life intensifies, they both find themselves starting to unravel.

Moving, poignant, and rife with humor, The Last Good Chance is a powerful first novel about the moral compromises we make in the name of loyalty, ambition, and love.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062355317
• ISBN 13: 9780062355317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448