In Andrew Lipstein's novel 'The Vegan,' a New York social climber reckons with a moral crisis by diving headlong into veganism and self-justification.
Herschel Caine is in a hurry. He’s racing toward untold wealth thanks to his startup’s plan to revolutionize stock market investing; he’s grappling for social status, eager to impress his upscale but artsy Brooklyn neighbors; and he’s hurtling toward parenthood — in part, no surprise, to keep up with the folks next door.,” Caine is white male privilege personified, and his poor judgment and impulsive behavior are both highly damaging and self-destructive.
When Herschel learns Birdie is unlikely to emerge from the coma he inadvertently caused, he is suddenly and thoroughly put off by the idea of any animal sacrificing its life for his pleasure. Instantly, be becomes the vegan of the title. This change does little to assuage his guilt, nor does it help him cope with the secrets he has been keeping at work.
he buys on yet another impulse. While Herschel isn’t really learning from each new mistake for much of the book, his interior searching gives Lipstein a chance to offer up thought-provoking commentary, even when it feels like self-justification.In Caitlin Shetterly’s novel ‘Pete and Alice in Maine’ a financier and his family flee New York City’s 2020 COVID emergency and struggle to stay together.
On the other hand, when Herschel finally loses control of his own narrative, Lipstein cleverly shows this dissociation by switching from first to third person, with the reader understanding that it is Herschel narrating his own bad behavior .
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