The Vegan

<p><b>''A meaty comedy with a bleeding heart, highly recommended for all animals who read''</b><br>Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>The Netanyahus</i><br><br>Herschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe. His hedge fund, built on the miracle of machine learning, is inches away from systematically extracting obscene profits from the market.<br><br>But on the night of 12 May, at his elegant Brooklyn townhouse, he has something else on his mind - the dinner party he and his wife have devised to woo their new A-list neighbours. When the evening fizzles, Herschel indulges in a devilish prank that goes horrifically awry, plunging him into a tailspin of guilt and regret. As his tightly constructed world starts to unravel, he clings to the moral clarity he finds in the last place he''d expect: a sudden connection with a neighbourhood dog.<br><br>In <i>The Vegan</i>, Andrew Lipstein challenges our notions of virtue with a brilliant tale of guilt, greed, and how far we''ll go to be good.</p>