Nate is a writer living in Brooklyn who just got a book deal. He hangs out with and sometimes dates other writers in Brooklyn. Waldman is good at capturing the nuances of Nate's different relationships; all the characters are believable. Nate and his friends know they are privileged and intellectually elite; they write essays on, for example, "Commodification of Conscience" and they have smart discussions. The writing is smart and if you can relate to these people, you will enjoy this. It lacks a climatic finish--the end feels like a short story ending; and some might say that Nate is not too exciting, but his story is very real, and well-observed.