{"product_id":"9781571315755","title":"A Hole in the Story","description":"Author: Ken Kalfus\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781571315755\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Most Anticipated Book of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cunning writer with masterful timing and an outrageous sense of humor.\"-Gary Shteyngart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent, darkly comic novel dissecting the misjudgments, hypocrisies, and occasional good motives that drive our politics and our journalism, as well as our most intimate personal relations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt his desk one day, prominent Washington commentator Adam Zweig receives a text message. \"\u003ci\u003eBtw want to give you a heads-up abt some breaking news\u003c\/i\u003e,\" it reads. \"\u003ci\u003eCall soonest\u003c\/i\u003e.\" These are the early rumblings of an eventual media storm generated by small-town reporter Valerie Iovine, who has gone public with her account of sexual harassment at the hands of esteemed editor and liberal icon Max Lieberthol. Twenty years have passed since the incident, and though Adam wasn't directly involved, he quickly finds himself implicated and entangled, his career under imminent threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam has never forgotten his history with Valerie: as former colleagues, their workplace collaboration had gradually tipped into a mutual romantic attraction. Or so he believed. Confronted by the claims against his former boss and a growing awareness of rampant sexism in his industry, Adam, who had always thought of himself as progressive, is forced to challenge his own assumptions over the years. What once seemed incidental becomes sinister; what once seemed like a blundering encounter helped derail a young woman's promising career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSly and ironic, \u003ci\u003eA Hole in the Story\u003c\/i\u003e explores one imperfect man's dilemmas as he tries to keep his feet in a shifting moral landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830044840094,"sku":"ADS-9781571315755","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781571315755.jpg?v=1778559011","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781571315755","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}