"A double homicide in a small New Hampshire town unleashes a mess of gossip, social media shenanigans, and media spin in Rosecrans Baldwin's page-turning novel. We tore through this ambitious story, which pivots among multiple characters and viewpoints--as well as emails, texts, and news articles--to make a modern American gothic. The Last Kid Left is smart, shocking, and insightful about everything from portrayals of female sexuality to the strain of adult parent-child relationships." --iBooks "Rosecrans Baldwin drives a modern murder mystery in The Last Kid Left" --Vanity Fair "A dark and brooding narrative . [A] finely wrought thriller. Baldwin's novel steers clear of tidy endings, remaining faithful to delivering a story that ebbs and flows with the messiness of real life." --Karen Ann Cullotta, BookPage "Rosecrans Baldwin's new novel examines the way that true-crime narratives can obsess our culture--and, given the way that cultural commentators have begun to delve into the ethics of this, it seems to be coming at exactly the right time.The Last Kid Left follows a crime and its aftermath, as well as how its reception by a wider audience shapes perceptions of both.
" --Tobias Carroll, Vol. 1 Brooklyn "The Last Kid Left is a bold, searching novel about how our relationships operate in a hyper-connected world, an expertly-portrayed account of tragedy turned mercilessly into entertainment. And it's the suspenseful unwinding of a crime that's more complex than it initially seems." --The Quivering Pen "[A] well-crafted mystery . readers who like plenty of character analysis in their crime fiction will be satisfied." -- Publishers Weekly Praise for You Lost Me There "A stunning debut . You Lost Me There is, finally, a wise book, the kind that eludes many authors twice Baldwin's age . Profound, affecting, and true" --Michael Schaub, NPR (Best Books of the Year) "Gorgeously atmospheric .
Baldwin's storytelling grace is so delicate that the reader never doubts the deep emotional ache in this man of intellect, the joy that co-exists with his grief, or the underground river of love so deep it perversely paralyzes him. You Lost Me There , is a smart, tender, and generous novel." --Lauren Groff "Baldwin's prose is wise and nimble, clever without being self-conscious, true to the myriad voices of his characters." --Fiona Zublin, The Washington Post "Beautiful, brainy, offbeat . Baldwin shows steadying compassion and literary flair in the dissection of miseries." --Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A-) "In fiction as in life, you can't save people from themselves. Although that never keeps anyone from trying, as Rosecrans Baldwin's amiable first novel demonstrates." -- New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Praise for Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down "It's this balance of the city's dirty deceptions .
with the timeless elegance of every boulevard and back-alley bistro that makes the book feel so necessary and welcome." --Daniel Riley, GQ (Best Books of the Year) "Deftly written, with a wry style and liberally deployed irony . Very funny." --Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic Monthly "A charming, hilarious, keenly observed, and surprisingly poignant journey into the Parisian state of mind." --Anthony Doerr "Funny, filmic, and shocking: A Judd Apatow film in the waiting." --John Freeman, The Boston Globe "What makes Baldwin's book particularly enjoyable is that it engages with the clash of our American idea of Paris and Paris the modern reality." --Claire Lundberg, Slate.