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VESPER By Evan Marks

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VESPER ELSEGOOD IS IN LOVE. WITH BEING SINGLE.

She can't understand why any of her friends would want to settle down. Because if she's learnt anything about New York's ruthless dating scene, it's that love is an ever-changing concept, a silly game, and there are rarely any winners.

But when Caspian walks into her life, an enigmatic and ambitious entrepreneur with a vision for launching a prestigious global prize to celebrate philosophical thinking, Vesper is momentarily undone. And as the chemistry between them intensifies, she soon finds herself questioning everything—her relationships, her career, her ability to rewrite her own story.

In this restless city, where everyone seems fixated on either finding themselves or finding their perfect match, Vesper must decide whether she's met the one she wasn't looking for, or if she's the only one she really needs…

An unapologetic and witty observation of what it means to be a single woman in New York City, Evan Marks' debut novel VESPER embraces both the search for love and celebration of freedom from commitment, asking how much we are shaped by cultural and social structures, and whether it's still possible to dream up new ways of living.

VESPER ELSEGOOD IS IN LOVE. WITH BEING SINGLE.

She can't understand why any of her friends would want to settle down. Because if she's learnt anything about New York's ruthless dating scene, it's that love is an ever-changing concept, a silly game, and there are rarely any winners.

But when Caspian walks into her life, an enigmatic and ambitious entrepreneur with a vision for launching a prestigious global prize to celebrate philosophical thinking, Vesper is momentarily undone. And as the chemistry between them intensifies, she soon finds herself questioning everything—her relationships, her career, her ability to rewrite her own story.

In this restless city, where everyone seems fixated on either finding themselves or finding their perfect match, Vesper must decide whether she's met the one she wasn't looking for, or if she's the only one she really needs…

An unapologetic and witty observation of what it means to be a single woman in New York City, Evan Marks' debut novel VESPER embraces both the search for love and celebration of freedom from commitment, asking how much we are shaped by cultural and social structures, and whether it's still possible to dream up new ways of living.

 

About the Author

Evan Marks grew up in Australia and spent his early twenties moonlighting as an electronic music producer before trading his studio gear for a one-way ticket to New York, where he works as an investment banker advising companies in media, entertainment, and other industries.

For the past decade, he has immersed himself in the kaleidoscope of stories that define the city’s vibrant dating and social scene. Part homage, part exploration, his writing is a patchwork of what it’s like to move through the turbulence of contemporary urban life.

As a musician, Evan has been featured in MixMag, Resident Advisor, InTheMix, ThreeDWorld, and Catalog. As a writer, his prose has been praised for being “sharp and tactile,” with a “psychological edge that many urban novels lack.”

Vesper is his debut novel and has been described as Sex and the City reimagined through the lens of Milan Kundera. He is currently working on a second novel exploring the intersection of contemporary crime and philosophy.

A graduate of the University of Sydney and Harvard Business School, he lives in the West Village.

 

Praise

"Marks’ novel skewers modern dating, work, and power in New York... A stylish tale of the big city with biting psychological insights."

- Kirkus Reviews