- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reissue edition (4 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679781358
- ISBN-13: 978-0679781356
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,168,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘A sharp, moving tale’
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‘A lust story that crackles and burns like a firework… a likeable book, nicely filled with meditations on absent fathers, doubts about masculinity and a cast of feckless characters who have more hang-ups than a cloakroom.’
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‘The ideal gift for that ever-so-slightly-self-absorbed young person of your dreams.’
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‘An impressive debut’
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When William meets Sarah at a bar appropriately called the Bitter End, he is a few months short of his twenty-first birthday and about to act in his first movie. He is so used to getting what he wants that he has never been able to care too deeply for anyone. But all of that is about to change. And it is Sarah--bold and shy, seductive and skittish--who will become William's undoing and his salvation.
William's affair with Sarah will take him from a tenement on the Lower East Side to a hotel room in Paris, from a flip proposal of marriage to the extremities of outraged need and the wisdom that comes only to true survivors. Anyone who reads The Hottest State will encounter a writer who can charm, dazzle, and break the heart in a single paragraph.
William's affair with Sarah will take him from a tenement on the Lower East Side to a hotel room in Paris, from a flip proposal of marriage to the extremities of outraged need and the wisdom that comes only to true survivors. Anyone who reads The Hottest State will encounter a writer who can charm, dazzle, and break the heart in a single paragraph.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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After reading Ethan Hawke`s wonderful second novel, Ash Wednesday, I did everything I could to find a copy of the actor/writers first book, The Hottest State. What I found was a quietly ambitious book that hints at the brillance Hawk realised with Ash Wednesday.
The Hottest State is set in New York, centering on the relationship between William, a struggiling actor and his troubled partner Sarah. Hawk guides the reader from the birth of the relationship, through Sarah`s uncertainty, to the final break down of the union.
The Hottest State is based around many of the themes and issues that Hawke would revisit in Ash Wednesday. Hawke addressers the topic of love and obsession, and how a relationship can be destroyed by the very thing it is founded on. He examins questions around masculinity, absent parents and the responsibilities that arise from casual sex. These themes are all interwoven in a tightly focused narrative that highlights Hawk`s honesty and skill with the written word.
The Hottest State is a fine work of fiction that forms a great introduction to Ash Wednesday.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is one of the best I have read for a long time. Very weired but easy reading. The only problem I had were all these American expressions I didn't know (being a native German speaker) but I really enjoyed reading it. It is about a relationship which isn't a real relationship. No clue what I'm talking about - read it and you will know.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As there is a limited story line, the novel is thankfully (and cunningly) quite short. It only took me about a day to read it and I have to say that I was totally absorbed by each page. Ethan Hawke manages to make you viualise the events as though you are sitting in a movie with very basic but effective descriptions, and a refreshing tendency to create believable characters that aren't perfect. I was not utterly convinced with William's chracter, but Sarah was so subtley troubled that she made up for any lacking on his part by the writer. This wouldn't necessarily be a book for everyone however. It gives an almost realistic insight into the struggles of the first love teinted by obsession, but I think that aspect may be hard to apprecaite if that particular sentiment has never been felt by the reader. I thoroughly recommend this book, and just hope that Ethan Hawke attempts to develop his talents for writing aswell as the ones he possess for acting.
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Hottest State Is A Little Cool
Ethan Hawke's Hottest State is a tale of obsessive love set in New York (and Paris) when William ('20 sexy, confident') meets Sarah and they embark on a relationship which really... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2004 by Curns
A Very Enjoyable Modern Romance
Ethan Hawke's 'The Hottest State' begins exceptionally well, develops its story with style, and only begins to weaken in the final few chapters. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2004 by "scribeoflight"
The Hottest State review - by Rebekka Clarkson.
The Hottest State is a well written debut by actor Ethan Hawke. His style is honset and graphic at times. Read more
Published on 15 May 2003 by Rebekka Clarkson
Impressive debut
I've just got around to reading Hawke's first novel, and only have praise for it. To be honest, I approached 'The Hottest State' with trepidation (or was it a case of 'actor's... Read more
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