The Lie

With the publication of The Average American Male -- and the release of the shocking viral videos that made it a water-cooler sensation -- Chad Kultgen became one of the most talked-about authors of recent years. Now, with The Lie, Kultgen returns with an even more salacious -- yet also more searching -- novel that reaches deeper into the craven inner workings of some of most depraved minds in America: college students. His subjects are Brett, the rich hedonist whose appetite for sex is matched only by his contempt for women; his best friend, Kyle, the brooding science geek whose good intentions lead him to one disastrous decision; and Heather, the social-climbing sorority girl who has the power to destroy them both. As this devil''s triangle plows through four years of college, Kultgen offers a astonishing take on the wild and amoral universe of college today: a frathouse world where sex is social currency, status means everything -- and winner takes all. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

About the author

Chad Kultgen is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His novels include The Average American Male, The Average American Marriage, The Lie, and Men, Women & Children, the basis of a feature film by Jason Reitman. He lives in California.

Product details

• Authors: Chad Kultgen
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2009
• EAN: 9780061657306
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165730-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Science Fiction / Space Opera, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century