{"product_id":"agnes-lives-9781639738564","title":"Agnes Lives!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving.\" --Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.\" --Nell Zink\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York City, 2014. Agnes Maurer seeks a willing murderer and wonders what she should wear. Candidates include: an icy magazine editor with a special cutlery set; an eccentric designer from her past; and Agnes's cruel novelist boyfriend. As she Ubers from Upper East Side shopping to Craigslist gun deals, Agnes' desperation becomes an exhibition, a swan song of millennial sexuality as internalized abuse and consummate style, with the knob righty-tightened all the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewton's prose is disturbingly fun, relentless, shattering. A crafted study of existential despair that culminates in a worthy, intense denouement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hallie Elizabeth Newton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.80w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639738564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallie Elizabeth Newton \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Mississippi. A recipient of NYU's Goldwater Fellowship, she won first prize for fiction in Columbia Journal's 2020 Winter Contest. \u003ci\u003eAgnes Lives!\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hallie Elizabeth Newton \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48552000880797,"sku":"9781639738564","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_14d712cb-48bb-46b0-9717-77c6f663fd56.jpg?v=1782826859","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/agnes-lives-9781639738564","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}