What: Ominously, the subtitle for one edition of The Object of My Affection is "A novel for the eighties." Gah! It might make you feel better (or worse) that Stephen McCauley's first novel often feels like it could have been written yesterday.
Robert breaks up with George. George moves in with Nina. Nina gets pregnant by Howard. George ends up becoming a surrogate unwed father. The concept sounds slapsticky, but the story is beautiful and honest and sadder than you might think.
(But still happy enough for a reasonably faithful movie adaptation with Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, so don't fret about that.)
Opening lines: "Nina and I had been living together in Brooklyn for over a year when she came home one afternoon, announced she was pregnant, tossed her briefcase to the floor and flopped down on the green vinyl sofa."
How to get it: Buyable, borrowable, Kindle-able.
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