alix kates shulman

Alix's new novel, available May 15, 2012, from Other Press

Three characters—Mack, a rising real estate developer; Heather, his literary wife; and Zoltan, a celebrated Eastern European writer in exile—vie for supremacy after Mack invites Zoltan to move into the couple’s mansion. A three-way game of wits ripe with sexual tension develops between the brash husband, the striving wife, and the charismatic, aloof author.

In her fifth novel Shulman explores some of the outlandish ways people use each other to achieve their ambitions—and gives us a perverse new twist on sexual—and literary—politics.

Here's what people are saying about Ménage:

"Alix Kates Shulman's many readers will be grateful to see her return to fiction in full force, with this delectable social satire that deftly and even-handedly skewers her three main characters. Shulman's devilishly clever wit and uncommonly keen vision of marriage, ambition, and self-interest hurtling against each other make Ménage an altogether wonderful read. I was sorry to reach the last page!" —Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Author of The Writing on the Wall

“‘Careful what you wish for’ might be the subtext of Alix Kates Shulman’s witty and delightful new novel about three misguided people who may or may not have learned a lesson from this old adage but no doubt the discerning reader will.” —Lily Tuck, author of I Married You for Happiness

"The dynamics of the triangle in Ménage keep changing, but Alix Kates Shulman’s take on modern marriage is consistently inventive, witty and smart." —Hilma Wollitzer, author of An Available Man

Available in both print and ebook editions on May 15, 2012.