Rafael Frumkin

Confidence (Paperback)

$29.99
Write a Review
Gift wrapping:
Options available

Description Hide Description- Show Description+

One of the Washington Post’s 50 Best Works of Fiction of 2023 - A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick - One of them’s best books of 2023 - One of CrimeReads' Best Crime Novels of 2023

Best friends (and occasional lovers) Ezra and Orson are teetering on top of the world after founding a company that promises instant enlightenment in this “propulsive, cheeky, eat-the-rich page-turner” (The Washington Post) about scams, schemes, and the absurdity of the American Dream.

At seventeen, Ezra Green doesn’t have a lot going on for him: he’s shorter than average, snaggle-toothed, internet-addicted, and halfway to being legally blind. He’s also on his way to Last Chance Camp, the final stop before juvie.

But Ezra’s summer at Last Chance turns life-changing when he meets Orson, brilliant and Adonis-like with a mind for hustling. Together, the two embark upon what promises to be a fruitful career of scam artistry. But things start to spin wildly out of control when they try to pull off their biggest scam yet—Nulife, a corporation that promises its consumers a lifetime of bliss.

“Propulsive” (The New York Times Book Review) and “laugh-out-loud funny” (BuzzFeed), with the suspense of The Talented Mr. Ripley, the decadence of The Great Gatsby, and the wit of SuccessionConfidence is a story for anyone who knows that the American Dream is just another pyramid scheme.

Author: Rafael Frumkin

Paperback  Published 19 June 2024  320 pages

“Frumkin follows up his critically acclaimed debut The Comedown with Confidence, a biting satire about a pair of friends who start a company that promises consumers instant enlightenment for the rest of their lives…. Over the course of the novel, as their hustles become increasingly complex, they veer closer and closer to a massive collapse from which they may never recover.”—New York Magazine’s Vulture

Subscribe to our newsletter

Get the latest updates on new products and upcoming sales

No thanks