What Is Wrong with You?, Paul Rudnick
What Is Wrong with You?, Paul Rudnick
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What Is Wrong with You?

Author: Paul Rudnick

Narrator: Erin Mallon

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2025


Synopsis

A Library Journal Best Book of 2025

“[A] rollicking farce about the things we do for love...A perfect book for this moment.” —People

“The genuinely hilarious Paul Rudnick” (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author) returns with a witty, insightful new novel about the joy, delight, pain, and absurdity of love in an age of cynicism, divorce, and digital madness.

A tech billionaire and the flight attendant he’s marrying. A TV superhero who used to be married to the flight attendant. A Manhattan book editor and the sensitivity associate who got him fired. A twenty-three-year-old wild child prodigy who’s perhaps the savior of American literature. A vengeful Arkansas sheriff who sells a vitamin-enriched, ten-pounds-off-today demulsifier. A Wall Street bro who raps on TikTok. Two dentists—possibly stalking each other.

What do these people have in common? Invited or not, they’re all headed to the most anticipated destination wedding ever, on the billionaire’s private island, to seek romance, to cause mayhem, and to figure out everyone else’s futures and maybe even their own.

Find out what happens in Paul Rudnick’s heartfelt new novel, which dares to pose the question essential to anyone who’s ever been in love: What Is Wrong with You?

About Paul Rudnick

Paul Rudnick is the author of What Is Wrong With You? and Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style. His plays have been produced on and off Broadway and include JeffreyI Hate HamletRegrets Only, and The New Century. He is the author of eight books, and he’s a frequent contributor to The New Yorker; his writing has also appeared in VogueEsquireVanity Fair, and more. His screenplays include Addams Family ValuesCoastal ElitesIn & OutSister Act, and the film adaptation of Jeffrey. Find out more at PaulRudnick.com and follow him on X at PaulRudnickNY.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ancientreader on April 27, 2025

You either find Paul Rudnick hilarious, or you don't. I adore his loopy inventiveness, and though his perspective is firmly that of an educated upper-middle-class gay white cis male Manhattanite, his sympathies are also firmly progressive. The fun he pokes at certain hyperdelicate progressive sensib......more

Goodreads review by Chase on April 28, 2025

I've been a huge fan of Paul Rudnick for a long time, but this is probably his best book so far. Glorious. c.t.h.......more

Goodreads review by mtrics on January 25, 2025

Major CWs for (view spoiler)[sickness, death, and cheating (hide spoiler)] in the book. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The first thing you will notice about this book is its prose, which is very verbose and lengthy, with sentences unfolding over the course of full paragraphs at times. It's also worth mentioning......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on February 16, 2025

*thank you to NetGalley and the publishing team for providing me early access to this title in exchange for an honest review* People say the right book always finds you at the right time. That doesn't accurately describe my experience with this book. I may need to attempt this one again later in a di......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on March 29, 2025

My rating: 3.5 stars What Is Wrong With You? was a funny quirky little novel that had little bits of wisdom sprinkled in between its humor. I found most characters to be hilarious, while others to be downright annoying (which was their purpose). I did like how there were multiple POVs as well and did......more