Richard Yates
By Tao Lin
2010
First Published
3.38
Average Rating
220
Number of Pages
Richard Yates is named after real-life writer Richard Yates, but it has nothing to do with him. Instead, it tracks the rise and fall of an illicit affair between a very young writer and his even younger—in fact, under-aged—lover. As he seeks to balance work and love, she becomes more and more self-destructive in a play for his undivided attention. His guilt and anger builds in response until they find themselves hurtling out of control and afraid to let go.
Avg Rating
3.38
Number of Ratings
2,510
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
28%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
15%
1 STARS
8%
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Author
Tao Lin
Author · 14 books
Tao Lin is the author of Leave Society (2021), Trip (2018), Taipei (2013), Richard Yates (2010), Shoplifting from American Apparel (2009), cognitive-behavioral therapy (2008), Eeeee Eee Eeee (2007), Bed (2007), you are a little bit happier than i am (2006), and Selected Tweets (2015). He edits Muumuu House and is on Twitter and Instagram.
