Tom Layward, the narrator and main character of Ben Markovits' new novel, The Rest of Our Lives, introduces himself in a curious way: On the very first page of the book, he talks, matter-of-factly, ...
John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. A Minnesota firefighter ...
Markovits’s novel is narrated by 56-year-old Tom, a white guy who feels beset at home, at work, and by the changing world surrounding him. He and Amy have been married nearly 30 years, but their ...
One year ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, made a bold prediction: “We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join the workforce’ and materially change the output of companies.” A ...
In Ben Markovits’s “The Rest of Our Lives” (S&S/Summit, 240 pages, $28), the narrator, Tom Layward, confides an unflattering phrase that runs through his thoughts: “the heavy tread of middle age on ...
America's literary highways may be plenty crowded with middle-aged runaways fleeing lives that increasingly feel like a bad fit. But Ben Markovits... The midlife crisis remains a rich vein for ...
The midlife crisis remains a rich vein for novelists, even as its sufferers skew ever older. In Ben Markovits' 12th novel,The Rest of Our Lives -- which was a finalist for this year's Booker ...
As the years go by, the notion that celebrities are untouchable seems increasingly out of touch. Now, many stars are paying serious prices for their actions. These are the celebrities who could be ...
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