Dec 26, 2025 · America's literary highways may be plenty crowded with middle-aged runaways fleeing lives that increasingly feel like a bad fit. But Ben Markovits adds a moving tale to the …

Dec 30, 2025 · Amazon.com: The Rest of Our Lives: A Novel: 9781668231562: Markovits, Ben: Books“By turns, wry, mournful and, oh-so-casually, astute….There’s a strain of Richard Ford …

Mar 27, 2025 · An unforgettable road trip novel, The Rest of Our Lives beautifully explores the nuance and complications of a long term marriage. What readers are saying about The Rest of …

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Dec 30, 2025 · Ben Markovits’ Booker-short-listed novel “The Rest of Our Lives” follows a man on a road trip that becomes a reckoning with privilege, passivity and the life he never lived.

Apr 3, 2025 · The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits review – a quietly brilliant midlife roadtrip Once your kids are at university, what’s next for you? This compelling depiction of life at a …

Mar 14, 2025 · The Rest of Our Lives, Benjamin Markovits’s superb 12th novel, follows one man’s ‘crisis’ road trip with touches of humour and devastation

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Aug 4, 2025 · An extract from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits The Rest of Our Lives is shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025. Read an extract here What’s left when your kids grow up …

Mar 26, 2025 · Benjamin Markovits discusses his new book, The Rest of Our Lives, and the influences of Updike, basketball, inaction and Roth.