Down Time

Item: Down Time
Rating: 5
Author: sruchti

By Andrew Martin

Andrew Martin's latest novel is nothing less than stunning, with some of the best writing about being in your 30s and surrounded by writers. Exceedingly clever, with a menagerie of semi-despicable, horny, complex characters, DOWN TIME is the rebuttal to the misconception that a decent COVID-novel does not exist. Once I picked up this book and started reading, I could hardly leave it; when I did, Andrew Martin's voice remained in my head. If his books get any better, I may have to abandon reading altogether.

304 pages

Published Mar 9, 2026 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Fiction - Literary

Fiction - Family Life - Marriage & Divorce

Fiction - Friendship

Fiction - Humorous - General