About the Author

STEPHEN AMIDON was born in Chicago and grew up on the East Coast. He lived in London for twelve years before returning to the United States in 1999. He now lives in Massachusetts and Torino, Italy. His books have been published in sixteen countries and include works of nonfiction, a collection of short stories, and several novels, including Human Capital, adapted as a film directed by Marc Meyers in 2019, and Security, also adapted as a film and released by Netflix in summer 2021.

Reviews

"Amidon nails it. . . . Human Capital is terrific." --The Washington Post Book World "A splendid novel with the satiric bite of Bonfire of the Vanities . . . terribly well-realized." --The Seattle Times "Amidon's novel is a wonderfully wicked satire on a twenty- first Century gilded age. . . . His book is more than just one family's story. It's a portrait of a whole society caught in the dead end that everyone insists will lead somewhere after all." --Chicago Tribune "A gripping, troubling, and incisive portrait of the way we live now . . . has the ambitious sweep and narrative power of a nineteenth-century novel." --Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children