One of my hobbies. It is easy to pretend that maintaining a lie is in the best interest of those we might hurt, supreme in the confidence that we will never get caught. As Walter, the Nick Carraway-esque narrator says, "I can think of no heroes of literature who would fit their paradigm. It really surprises me, how many very good to excellent reviews this book has received. Dec 01, Joe rated it it was amazing Shelves: Walter, the narrator, and Maddy grew up on adjacent properties in the Hamptons, both children of wealthy and privileged families. 
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Well, actually I'm not sure, but she's ridiculously beautiful and an amazing cook these two things are mentioned an awful lot. Enter Claire, a 26 year old, with laughter like tinkling bells who falls indisccretion love with Harry and will not stop pursuing him.
What got you interested in infidelity? Dubow has created a superb story teller in Walter, who is excellent at telegraphing the motives of Claire, contrasting them to the nuances and responses indidcretion Harry and eventually Maddy's reaction when she comes to know of the affair.
Indiscretion by Charles Dubow
View all 4 comments. I did know there had to conflict of some kind. I was told these things, but I couldn't see any justification for them in the way the characters were described, the way they behaved or the things they spoke about. Beautiful couple handsome Henry and gorgeous Maddie with beautiful life NYC apartment; Hamptons summer home; expensive educations; privileged upbringings; one an award-winning novelist and the other a gourmet cook have their perfect life perfect, except for son Johnny born with a weak heart -- but An extremely well-told tale on the most banal of themes acted out by utterly predictable characters.
He grew up on Shakespeare and Milton as his father taught English in a prep school. Their nine-year-old son Johnny had a heart condition as a baby, but now appears to be growing smartly. What follows is a story of lust, deception, and a tale of the disintegration of a beautiful marriage.
She soon indiscretiin off with the man who had brought her into the Winslow circle, but she manages to become a part of their summer entourage, fitting in very comfortably in spite of the age difference. Nov 03, Bonnie Brody rated it it was amazing. Harry is my ego and Walter my id, to dybow it in Freudian terms.
Maddy, Harry, and Claire are supposed to be golden people of exceptional physical attractiveness, but for the story to hang together there has to be a lot more to them than a declaration of good looks. Received this as a free ARE from bookbrowse. Oct 19, B. Will the foundation crumble or will a touch of love repair the fault?
Please step down off the train to your new life So what to do?
Q&A with Charles Dubow, author of Indiscretion
And a big thanks to Will and his amazing wife for this wonderful gift. I didn't believe in them either. If you like westerns or mysteries you need to read this book.
He knows the tones of old money, and, as a founding editor of Forbes. The world of literature is full of books about infidelity, so you may wonder what makes this superlative debut novel so good when there are so many books out there that tell similar stories.
Indiscretion
She grew up with a father who drank a lot and went through wives quickly. Indiscretion by Charles Dubow 1 7 Aug 19, Charlee is one of the things about Indiscretion.
I wanted to read, read, read and find out what happens next. Some memories burn brighter, whether because they meant more or because they have assumed greater importance in our minds The characters duow, it seems to me, are not so much looking backward through rose-tinted lenses, as they are trying to compensate for what they did not have as children. As Walter remarks, "It is easy to tempt, but only the truly strong can resist.
My onliest comment is to see both Larry Hoffer and Carol's indiacretion bigly excellent review of this title! Was the book on your radar, writing this?
You avoid weighing in on who you think is really responsible for the tragedy in this book. There is beautiful Maddy, Harry's wife, who just seems to be along for the ride in a lot of parts of the book. I loved Indiscretion from the first paragraph.
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