A 2017 Best Book of the Season by Vanity Fair , Fast Company , The Boston Globe , The New York Post , The Chicago Review of Books , Mystery Tribune , and O. Henry Magazine An Amazon.com Editor''s Pick One of The Millions '' Most Anticipated Books of 2017 "A coming-of-age tale so decisively of our time that it''s almost surprising that it doesn''t rely on a dystopian veneer to carry its themes. It is a wonder and a pleasure to see a work of fiction that so honestly, accurately, and effortlessly belongs to the here and now in ways that neither trivialize its horrors nor play them to their apocalyptic hilt." -- The Los Angeles Review of Books "If The Scarlet Letter were reported to TMZ, the result might have something of the flavor of Baldwin''s complexly plotted literary mystery."-- Library Journal "[A] well-crafted mystery.readers who like plenty of character analysis in their crime fiction will be satisfied."-- Publishers Weekly "A dark and brooding narrative.
Baldwin''s novel steers clear of tidy endings, remaining faithful to delivering a story that ebbs and flows with the messiness of real life."-- BookPage "When teen Nick is arrested for murder and the case goes viral, both his family and his girlfriend are thrust into the spotlight." -- Entertainment Weekly (Best Books of the Month) "Bracing . The Last Kid Left is The Scarlet Letter by way of one of Michael Connelly''s Bosch novels, one part study of herd mentality and one part procedural." -- The Los Angeles Times "Rosecrans Baldwin drives a modern murder mystery in The Last Kid Left ." -- Vanity Fair ("What to Read Right Now") "Virtuoso bursts of language and characterization and insight. Who killed the hell out of this nice small-town New England doctor and his wife? And why? That''s more than enough to keep the plot of a thinner novel going all on its own--but Baldwin isn''t done. He''s barely getting started.
" -- NPR "The opening chapter dramatizing Nick''s arrest is a barnburner." -- The Wall Street Journal (Best New Fiction) "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." -- Vol. 1 Brooklyn "A bullet train of a 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.Smart, shocking, and insighftul." --Apple iBooks (Best Books of the Year So Far/ Best Books of the Month) "It''s a total page-turner, as it starts with the discovery of a double murder, but uses that as a way to explore relationships in the time of social media and hyper-connectivity." -- Food52 "Baldwin mixes voices, points of view, historical accounts, lists, text messages and drafts of Leela''s magazine story, compelte with footnotes, in a dizzying rush straight to the end of the novel.
He fleshes out his Roshomon -esque narrative with a huge cast of finely drawn secondary characters." --Chapter 16 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 "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.