The Center for Fiction Presents Cally Fiedorek on Atta Boy with Ben Purkert

We are thrilled to welcome back Cally Fiedorek, 2019 alumna of The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship, to celebrate the launch of her debut novel Atta Boy. The book follows Rudy Coyle, a ne’er-do-well from Flushing, Queens who becomes the doorman at an elegant Park Avenue apartment building. There he gets swept up in the affairs of the Cohen family, whose voluble patriarch, Jake, takes Rudy under his wing. As Jake, a millionaire taxi mogul, tries to save his company from an industry-wide debt crisis, Rudy is drawn closer into the world of his neglected, charismatic family. Atta Boy is both a thrilling New York crime comedy and a heartfelt coming-of-age tale. Ben Purkert, poet and author of The Men Can’t Be Saved, joins Fiedorek for a discussion about her debut novel and how she crafted this rich tale of clashing socioeconomic worlds. After the event, Fiedorek will sign books.