Ways and Means

"Deadly serious in ambition, wildly entertaining in execution, Ways and Means is a remarkably accomplished debut . . . Every line of this gorgeous novel glows with Lefferts' intelligence and compassion." ―ANTHONY MARRA, New York Times bestselling author of Mercury Pictures Presents and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena "A work of enormous wit, humor, and passion that captures life in turbo capitalist America with compassion and grace." ―GARY SHTEYNGART, New York Times bestselling author of Our Country Friends "Totally absorbing . . . Lefferts delivers The Great Gatsby for the 21st-century: irreverent, sexy, and sharp. A major event." ―JESSI JEZEWSKA STEVENS, author of The Exhibition of Persephone Q and The Visitors A searing debut novel about a striving finance student, the line between ambition and greed, and the disordered politics of our era Alistair McCabe comes to New York with a plan. Young, handsome, intelligent, and gay, he hopes to escape his Rust Belt poverty and give his