Neon in Daylight

By: Hermione Hoby

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

New York City in 2012, the sweltering summer before Hurricane Sandy hits. Kate, a young woman newly arrived from England, is staying in a Manhattan apartment while she tries to figure out her future. She has two unfortunate responsibilities during her time in America: to make regular Skype calls to her miserable boyfriend back home, and to cat-sit an indifferent feline named Joni Mitchell.

The city has other plans for her. In New York's parks and bodegas, its galleries and performance spaces, its bars and clubs crowded with bodies, Kate encounters two strangers who will transform her stay: Bill, a charismatic but embittered writer made famous by the movie version of his only novel; and Inez, his daughter, a recent high school graduate who supplements her Bushwick cafe salary by enacting the fantasies of men she meets on Craigslist. Unmoored from her old life, Kate becomes infatuated with both of them.

Set during a heatwave that feels like it will never break, Neon in Daylight marries deep intelligence with captivating characters to offer us a joyful, unflinching exploration of desire, solitude, and the thin line between life and art. An Indie Next List selection.

©2018 Hermione Hoby (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ho Hum

I kept waiting for the storyline to become interesting or for the characters to develop....Unfortunately neither happened.

A perfect moment in time book

The way this book is exquisitely written makes the reader feel like they are there, watching with the characters as their life events unfold. It’s an amazing window into a world of subtle grit and the humanism of ordinary lives. I loved listening to this book and being transported to the streets of New York City.