Eugene Nadelman

135-page paperback / 5" x 8.5" / ISBN 9781589881938Publication date 9/17/24“Move over, Onegin—we’ve a new Eugene for the ages.”—Liel Leibovitz, editor at large, Tablet Magazine “Weingrad is a true talent, and this book is a joy.”—Jewish Journal “[A] wistful and emotionally resonant novel that finds true poetry in teenage life.”—Foreword Reviews Full of humor, pathos, and pop cultural references, Eugene Nadelman is a tale of young love and American manners in the era of Ronald Reagan and MTV—written in the witty sonnet form of Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. It’s 1982, and teenaged Eugene attends his cousin’s bar mitzvah in suburban Philadelphia. There he meets a kindred spirit in the savvy, sensitive Abigail. But when Eugene’s best friend also becomes smitten with Abby, a tragic rivalry ensues and, just as in the Pushkin poem, one character kills another in a duel. (Well, in a Dungeons & Dragons game, in this case.)  Eugene and Abby’s romance deepens against a backdrop of '80s