The Clasp

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Call Number: Fiction / Crosley, Sloane, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Crosley, Sloane
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Crosley, Sloane	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Crosley, Sloane	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Crosley, Sloane	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Part comedy of manners, part treasure hunt, the first novel from the writer whom David Sedaris calls "perfectly, relentlessly funny" Kezia, Nathaniel, and Victor are reunited for the extravagant wedding of a college friend. Now at the tail end of their twenties, they arrive completely absorbed in their own lives Kezia the second-in-command to a madwoman jewelry designer in Manhattan; Nathaniel the former literary cool kid, selling his wares in Hollywood; and the Eeyore-esque Victor, just fired from a middling search engine. They soon slip back into old roles: Victor loves Kezia. Kezia loves Nathaniel. Nathaniel loves Nathaniel. In the midst of all this semi-merriment, Victor passes out in the mother of the groom's bedroom. He wakes to her jovially slapping him across the face. Instead of a scolding, she offers Victor a story she's never even told her son, about a valuable necklace that disappeared during the Nazi occupation of France. And so a madcap adventure is set into motion, one that leads Victor, Kezia, and Nathaniel from Miami to New York and L.A. to Paris and across France, until they converge at the estate of Guy de Maupassant, author of the classic short story "The Necklace." Heartfelt, suspenseful, and told with Sloane Crosley's inimitable spark and wit, The Clasp is a story of friends struggling to fit together now that their lives haven't gone as planned, of how to separate the real from the fake. Such a task might be possible when it comes to precious stones, but is far more difficult to pull off with humans"-- Provided by publisher.

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good submitted by unknown on July 22, 2015, 8:49pm good

Good submitted by jada21turner on July 22, 2015, 9:25pm Good

Engaging and Fast Paced submitted by emjane on June 17, 2016, 3:24pm Not quite as funny and engaging as Crosley's essay collections but very much worth the read. A good light-ish-- but not empty-- pick for the summer.

Take some time... submitted by sfrantom on July 26, 2016, 10:22am It took awhile for the story to develop. The early parts of the book are all about the characters, and at first, they aren't really that likable, but as the plot was revealed, it became a lot more interesting.

Twenty-something angst submitted by hiker15 on August 23, 2020, 8:12am If you like reading about twenty-something angst, then this book is for you.

The background story could have actually been somewhat interesting if the characters weren't so insipid and if there wasn't so much angst throughout the entire book. I give this one a hard pass.