You Deserve Nothing Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition

Media reviews

"One of the most engaged reads I've had in years."-Alice Sebold

"Alexander Maksik deftly evokes the beauty and pathos of Paris, and the story of Will, Gilad and Marie-each compelled towards moral and sexual awakening-is at once dark and luminous. This is a book to be read all at once with a glass of wine in a café or a cup of tea while tucked safely in bed."-A.M. Homes

"You Deserve Nothing is a powerful, absorbing novel about a charismatic expatriate teacher and the students whose lives he transforms, for better and worse. Alexander Maksik is an unusually gifted writer."-Tom Perrotta

"You Deserve Nothing rings true from first page to last. Here is a writer who understands why the artful telling of a difficult story is a brave and important thing to do. Read this book."-John Burnham Schwartz

"A provocative, constantly surprising, and original novel. This is a thrilling debut."-Susanna Moore

"Maksik's superb novel takes on the most fundamental question-how are we supposed to live?-with a freshness and urgency that are nothing short of masterful. This is a gorgeous book, as honest and rich a depiction of life's contradictions as I've encountered in many years."-Ben Fountain

"Alexander Maksik's first novel, You Deserve Nothing, is a thoroughly engaging, passionate, and challenging read that finely walks the line between morality and amorality. In a society, and at a time, when individual identity is so closely tied to collective narcissism, Maksik's novel asks what are the true sources of selfworth? And how shall we live?"-Tom Jenks, editor, Narrative magazineEND

Citations

• Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2011, Page 0
• Publishers Weekly, 08/01/2011, Page 0