{"product_id":"stay-up-with-hugo-best-paperback","title":"Stay Up with Hugo Best - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErin Somers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**One of \u003ci\u003eVogue'\u003c\/i\u003es Best Books of the Year** \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJune Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day weekend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis is the story of their four days together, a \"zippy...magnificent...devilishly fun ride\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen June Bloom, an assistant on the late-night comedy show, \u003ci\u003eStay Up with Hugo Best\u003c\/i\u003e, runs into Hugo himself at an open mic following his unexpected retirement, she finds herself fielding a surprising invitation: Hugo asks June to come to his mansion in Greenwich for the long Memorial Day weekend. \"No funny business,\" he insists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune--in need of a job and money, but also harboring the remains of a childhood crush on the charming older comedian and former role model--is confident she can handle herself. She accepts. As the weekend unfolds and the enigmatic Hugo gradually reveals appealingly vulnerable facets to his personality, their dynamic proves to be much more complicated and less predictable than June imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A witty and subtle commentary on sex, power, and social politics\" (\u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"an outstanding comedic debut\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eStay Up with Hugo Best\u003c\/i\u003e announces a gloriously irreverent, bold, and winning new voice in fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Somers's writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Tin House Open Bar, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, McSweeney's, The Cincinnati Revie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ew\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. She holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire and was a 2016 NYC Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow and a 2016 Millay Colony resident. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her family. \u003ci\u003eStay Up with Hugo Best\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45695577424007,"sku":"9781982102364","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c4CYIVHxMM9781982102364.webp?v=1787856637","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/stay-up-with-hugo-best-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}