Named a Best Book of 2022 by the New Yorker
Named a Top 10 Book of the Year by Slate
Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture
A New York Times Editors'' Choice
Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction

''Talent is rare, which is why I let out a big yippee reading Andrew Lipstein''s Last Resort... Excellent''
THE TIMES

''You won''t read a more brilliantly executed literary romp this year''
GUARDIAN

''A funny, fast-paced literary satire''
DAILY TELEGRAPH

''Incredibly entertaining''
NEW YORK TIMES, Editor''s Choice

''Wicked fun... A deliciously absurd comedy''
WASHINGTON POST

''If Less by Andrew Sean Greer left a hole in your life, good news: Last Resort will fill it''
MEG MASON

''Caleb Horowitz is exactly the kind of character I love to hate''
CLAIRE FULLER

''A rare accomplishment''
RUMAAN ALAM

''Wickedly funny: I loved it''
PATRICK GALE

''Superbly written, darkly funny and gripping from the first page. I absolutely loved it''
EMMA STONEX

Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about to come true. His manuscript has caught the attention of the literary agent, who offers him fame, fortune and a taste of the literary life. He can''t wait for his book to be shopped around to every editor in New York, except one: Avi Dietsch, a college rival and the novel''s ''inspiration.''
When Avi gets his hands on the manuscript, he sees nothing but theft - and opportunity. And so Caleb is forced to make a Faustian bargain, one that tests his theories of success, ambition and the limits of art.