Six Figures

by Fred Leebron

Warner Lutz has a wife, two kids, a dreary job, not enough money, and a tendency to blame his wife, Megan, for his troubles. When Megan is attacked and severely injured, everyone suspects Warner of the crime. This novel about the complexities of love, hate, and family life is also about a supremely angry man who finds out just how far his anger can take him. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.

Editions of Six Figures

	ISBN 9780375406409	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Used, Very Good
	ISBN 9780156010641	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Harcourt	Date 2001	Price $1.00	Very Good

Publisher Notes

A disturbing novel of domestic unease, part thriller and part psychological drama, from a young American writer of exceptional talent. Warner Lutz isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not especially happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end job in fund-raising, small house, old Honda. He and his wife, Megan, have just moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, a town that is booming with new money-but the Lutzes aren't part of the new affluence. Megan's job might be in jeopardy, and one of their children seems to be slipping badly in school. Things go from bad to worse when Megan is brutally attacked, and Warner emerges as the prime suspect. In the way that the film American Beauty touched a nerve in America, and pierced with the realism and emotional honesty of Raymond Carver's stories, Fred Leebron's latest novel is a powerful and deeply disturbing story of a family caught in complex, ambiguous turmoil.

Media Reviews

"SIX FIGURES is a morally challenging novel, an engrossing portrait of a husband and wife left in the wake of the booming economy....As a social critique, as a study in the evolving dynamics of a couple with young children, and as a suspenseful story, SIX FIGURES is right on the money."

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