A 2025 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Town & Country•LGBTQReads•Kirkus Reviews
‘Rich in sex and social intrigue.’ —The New York Times
A ‘big-hearted and true’ (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winner) debut novel set in a small rural town amid a congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals and shifting allegiances.
Genre: Literary Fiction
‘Rich in sex and social intrigue.’ —The New York Times
A ‘big-hearted and true’ (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winner) debut novel set in a small rural town amid a congressional race that forces the candidates, their families, and a clique of gay second homeowners to confront lies, betrayals and shifting allegiances.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Town & Country uses a light and humorous touch to lure us to some profound and moving places. Brian Schaefer gets to the heart and soul of our current predicament: the suspicions, divisions, and other-izing that blinker us to all we have in common as humans whose greatest need is to connect." - Geraldine Brooks
"An enchanting debut - a powerfully urgent story about communal and familial loyalty, and the politics of place. With prose that's as propulsive as it is precise, Brian Schaefer announces himself as an author of unique sensitivity and depth, delivering sharp observances with elegance and wit. This is a heart-filled, generous and unabashedly entertaining book. And it's a book we need right now, in town, in the country, and beyond." - Colum McCann
"Town & Country is so thoughtfully and beautifully written I could read it over and over again. A rumination on who we think we are versus who we really are, on loyalties and betrayals, family and politics and above all love, it is a book to bring us together. Big-hearted and true, it will capture readers' hearts as it did mine." - Andrew Sean Greer
"Sparkling with wit, truth, and unforgettable characters, Town & Country is a dazzling debut. As necessary as it is fun, as heartbreaking as it is hopeful, this is the novel we all need." - Cat Shook
"An enchanting debut - a powerfully urgent story about communal and familial loyalty, and the politics of place. With prose that's as propulsive as it is precise, Brian Schaefer announces himself as an author of unique sensitivity and depth, delivering sharp observances with elegance and wit. This is a heart-filled, generous and unabashedly entertaining book. And it's a book we need right now, in town, in the country, and beyond." - Colum McCann
"Town & Country is so thoughtfully and beautifully written I could read it over and over again. A rumination on who we think we are versus who we really are, on loyalties and betrayals, family and politics and above all love, it is a book to bring us together. Big-hearted and true, it will capture readers' hearts as it did mine." - Andrew Sean Greer
"Sparkling with wit, truth, and unforgettable characters, Town & Country is a dazzling debut. As necessary as it is fun, as heartbreaking as it is hopeful, this is the novel we all need." - Cat Shook
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