The Clasp - Softcover

Crosley, Sloane

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ISBN 10: 1443445045 ISBN 13: 9781443445047

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2017

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Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt―the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls “perfectly, relentlessly funny.”

Kezia, Nathaniel and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives―Kezia, the second-in-command to a madwoman jewellery designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel, the former literary cool kid, selling his wares in Hollywood; and the Eeyore-esque Victor, just fired from the offices of a middling search engine company. They soon slip back into old roles: Victor loves Kezia. Kezia loves Nathaniel. Nathaniel loves Nathaniel.

In the midst of all this semi-merriment, Victor passes out in the mother-of-the-groom’s bedroom. He wakes to her jovially slapping him across the face. Instead of a scolding, she offers Victor a story she’s never even told her son, about a valuable necklace that disappeared during the Nazi occupation of France.

And so a madcap adventure is set into motion, one that leads Kezia, Nathaniel and Victor from Miami to New York and LA to Paris and across France, until they converge at the estate of Guy de Maupassant, author of the classic short story “The Necklace.”

Heartfelt, suspenseful and told with Sloane Crosley’s inimitable spark and wit, The Clasp is a story of friends struggling to fit together now that their lives haven’t gone as planned, of how to separate the real from the fake. Such a task might be possible when it comes to precious stones, but it is far more difficult to pull off with humans.

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Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited at the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive absorbed in their own lives, but soon slip back into old roles: Victor loves Kezia. Kezia loves Nathaniel. Nathaniel loves Nathaniel.

During the reception, an inebriated Victor passes out in the mother of the groom’s bedroom. He’s woken with a jovial slap to the face as she dangles a story about a missing necklace before him, one that she has never even told her son. Her tale sets in motion a madcap adventure that leads Victor, Kezia, and Nathaniel from Miami to New York and L.A., and ultimately across France, to the estate of Guy de Maupassant, author of the classic short story “The Necklace.”

Heartfelt, suspenseful, and told with Sloane Crosley’s inimitable spark and wit, The Clasp is a story of friends struggling to fit together now that their lives haven’t gone as planned and learning to separate the real from the fake.

About the Author:

SLOANE CROSLEY is the author of one novel, The Clasp, and two New York Times bestselling books of personal essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Currently the Hot Type columnist for Vanity Fair, she lives in Manhattan.

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