Altruists

''Reading Andrew Ridker’s debut novel, you soon realise you’re in the presence of a new talent.'' The Times

Arthur Alter is in trouble. A middling professor at a Midwestern college, he can''t afford his mortgage, he''s exasperated his new girlfriend, and his kids won''t speak to him. And then there''s the money – the small fortune his late wife Francine kept secret, which she bequeathed directly to...