An Evening with Paula Bomer, Author of The Stalker

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* Unless otherwise noted on an event flyer, you have two ticketing options: a ticket that includes a copy of the book being discussed at the event, or a ticket that includes a $10 Mermaid Books gift card that may be used at any time.

* Our Author Talks include an audience Q&A followed by a signing. Additional copies of our featured books will be available for purchase PRIOR to the start of the Q&A or AFTER the Q&A has concluded and the signing has begun. *We recommend that our visitors buy their books beforehand to streamline their signing experience.*

* Our Author Talks are slated for one hour. Please arrive on time to help us stay on schedule.

* The health and safety of our guests are important to us. Masks are encouraged but not required. If you are not feeling well, please refrain from attending.

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An Untalented Mr. Ripley, a Dumb American Psycho: A young man combines boundless self-confidence with perpetual failure and ineptitude as he tries to manipulate his way into a better life, preying on women in New York City in the early ’90s.

Robert Doughten Savile, aka “Doughty,” is the son of a once-wealthy, now hard-up family from Darien, Connecticut. Doughty lives in a perpetual cloud of delusion, convinced of his own genius and status. After dropping out of college and landing in New York City, he charms his way into the life and bed of a troubled middle-aged book editor — all while also pursuing a young bartender, whom he also abuses and gaslights.

Doughty — predatory con man, shameless narcissist, likely sociopath — will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Can anything get in his way?

“Dark and twisted fun.”— Publisher’s Weekly, starred review.

Come hear Paula Bomer read from The Stalker and answer readers’ questions. Signing to follow.

About Paula Bomer:

Paula Bomer is the author of The Stalker, which Publisher’s Weekly called “dark and twisted fun" in a starred review. She is also the author of Tante Eva and Nine Months, the story collections Inside Madeleine and Baby and other Stories, and the essay collection, Mystery and Mortality. Her work has appeared in Bomb Magazine, The Mississippi Review, Fiction Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, Green Mountain Review, The Cut, Volume 1 Brooklyn and elsewhere. Her novels have been translated in Germany, Argentina and Hungary. She grew up in South Bend, Indiana and has lived for over 30 years in Brooklyn.

Event Venue

Mermaid Books, 22 Broad Street, Milford, United States