Forthcoming book probes implications of human imperfections
Brooklyn BookBeat: Novelist to Speak in Park Slope on Oct. 6
As she did in her last novel “Mislaid,” a New York Times Notable Book that was long-listed for the National Book Award, Nell Zink applies her “unhinged brilliance” (New York Times) to “Nicotine” (Ecco, Oct. 4), her new novel that observes how human imperfections can drive our ideals but undermine our best intentions. Zink will visit Park Slope’s Community Bookstore to speak about “Nicotine” on Oct. 6 (7 p.m., 143 Seventh Ave.).
A humorous novel focused on families — both the ones we’re born into and the ones we create, “Nicotine” is a story of obsession, idealism and ownership, centered around a young woman who encounters a group of smoker’s rights activists squatting in her bohemian late father’s childhood home.