“Actually a very serious story” – The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

"Andrew Ridker uses his novel as a vehicle to comment on the absurdities and contradictions of life in twenty-first century America. Money, resentment, privilege, politics, campus culture and dating are just some of the topics discussed. The sense that each character views him or herself as having been hard done by and a victim of circumstance is omnipresent throughout the narrative. These are 'lost' individuals, grappling to find purpose to their existence in the world. Instead of trying to gain comfort and satisfaction within the circle of their own relations they seek them outside, while somehow knowing they will not find them there..." - Carola Huttmann reviews The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

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