Lapham Rising

An eccentric writer living as a recluse on his own island with his talking dog Hector comes up with a scheme to take on his irritating new neighbor, a self-aggrandizing multimillionaire named Lapham who is building a grotesquely enormous new home next door, in a satirical debut novel of life in the Hamptons. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.