The Future Won't Be Long

"Hard not to recommend. . . . Full of delightfully cynical aphorisms. . . . At the heart of The Future Won't Be Long is the friendship between Baby and Adeline—at once loving and destructive and convincingly drawn by Kobek." —Kevin Nguyen, GQ.com"A swirling, name-dropping, drug-fueled, hypersaturated whirlwind of a novel set against the New York City of the 1980s and '90s, Kobek's latest is a gritty coming-of-age story with quiet heart. . . . An ode to a city—and an era—long gone." —Kirkus Reviews"Ambitious. . . . Kobek crafts an electric tale, and the wilds of New York City during this intense time period provide a gritty, undeniably magnetic context." —BooklistA euphoric, provocative novel about friendship, sex, art, clubbing, and ambition set in 1980s and '90s New York City, from the author of I Hate the InternetWhen Adeline, a wealthy art student, chances upon a...