Three-Martini Lunch Summary
Suzanne Rindell

Three-Martini Lunch Overview

Suzanne Rindell’s Three-Martini Lunch weaves together the stories of three ambitious young people in 1950s New York City all vying for a career in the book publishing industry. Cliff Nelson is a privileged Hemingway-wannabe, Eden Katz is a young Jewish woman who aspires to be an editor, and Miles Tillman is a quiet, talented writer from Harlem who suffers discrimination due to his race and sexual orientation. The stories of these three characters collide in unexpected ways in this novel of ambition, secrecy, and betrayal set in a time of beatniks, bebop, and booze.