Everyone in the Hamptons Is Reading ‘The Guest’

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, JULY 31 local [Everyone in the Hamptons Is Reading The Guest]( “Simon is every wealthy middle-aged man I know.” Photo: Hugo Yu I can spot it a mile away out here,” says Vivian, who has spent her summers in the [Hamptons]( for decades. “I noticed the grift when I was a kid working in Westhampton. These kids come in from the city, drink a lot, befriend someone, and stay for the night — then a week.” She saw it again this summer at a pop-up in East Hampton: The woman was “acting a little strange, chatting everyone up.” Soon enough, they were talking about Vivian’s house. Then came the ask: Just a night, won’t be a bother. Vivian isn’t the only one who can recognize the type — which is maybe why it seems like everyone in the Hamptons is reading [The Guest](, [Emma Cline](’s new novel about a young woman named Alex who drifts from house to house, party to party, after being kicked out by her boyfriend, Simon, a bland business type in his 50s who can’t so much as tolerate it when Alex corrects his swim stroke. The book has been a weekly best seller at BookHampton in East Hampton for the past month and a half. You can see its electric-green cover resting beside $200 Sunflow beach chairs. People scour the pages to catch a glimpse of a version of their neighbors, their wealth, and maybe themselves. [Continue reading »]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [An East Village Studio Straight Out of the ’80s In a building where Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs once lived.]( By Kim Velsey [Eliot Spitzer Can Build His Faux-Prewar Condo Now A lawsuit over a ditch couldn’t stop his luxury development with a view of the Met.]( By Kim Velsey [On New York’s First 110-Degree Summer Day, What Will Break First? Asphalt like molasses, grounded planes at midday, sun-buckled railroad tracks: a sweat-inducing list.]( By Christopher Bonanos [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved