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The east end by jason allen5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s Corey Halpern, the high schooler helping his family by working for the rich elite of Long Island’s South Fork, and who now breaks into their unused mansions at night for kicks. In The East End, Allen zeroes in on the collisions between the working and upper classes in the cordoned neighborhoods of the Hamptons. Going off the buzz behind the book’s release, though, it seems the labor will have all been worth it. ![]() ![]() For Jason Allen, author of the forthcoming The East End (Park Row/HarperCollins Books), the work behind this debut novel meant years of intense dedication, balancing his time spent writing with his studies and his teaching and tutoring loads. When we overlook writing as an act of labor, we tend to forget the hard work that goes into it, the long periods of time it might take, and the toll it takes on the body and mind. ![]()
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