Lake Success (2018)

Gary Shteyngart's hedge-fund road novel about a watch-collecting fund manager. When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Street millionaire takes a cross-country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and ideals of youth. (Goodreads)

Watches

Universal Genève Tri-Compax: Barry flees cross-country with a rollerboard of six-figure watches; the vintage Tri-Compax anchors the collection and the novel's meditations on time.

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