The Rest of Our Lives
Benjamin Markovits’s novel of a middle-aged law professor who, on the day he drops his daughter at college, gets in the car and keeps driving. His marriage is intact but not happy and his body is starting to fail. The prose is wry and precise, and the ordinary details accumulate until the book turns unexpectedly moving.
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Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
I loved how the novel draws us deep into the mind of a middle-aged man navigating a world that feels increasingly unwelcoming. There’s a quiet brilliance to the prose, it is wry, tender, and precise. Small, seemingly ordinary details slowly gather weight, accumulating into moments that are unexpectedly moving and profound.
Interview · November 2025
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