# The Book of Ayn - Hardcover

by **Lexi Freiman** (Author)

**An original and hilarious satire of both our political culture and those who rage against it, _The Book of Ayn_ follows a writer from New York to Los Angeles to Lesbos as she searches for artistic and spiritual fulfillment in radical selfishness, altruism, and ego-death**

After writing a satirical novel that _The New York Times_ calls classist, Anna is shunned by the literary establishment and, in her hurt, radicalized by the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Determined to follow Rand's theory of rational selfishness, Anna alienates herself from the scene and eventually her friends and family. Finally, in true Randian style, she abandons everyone for the boundless horizons of Los Angeles, hoping to make a TV show about her beloved muse.

Things look better in Hollywood--until the money starts running out, and with it Anna's faith in the virtue of selfishness. When a death in the family sends her running back to New York and then spiraling at her mother's house, Anna is offered a different kind of opportunity. A chance to kill the ego causing her pain at a mysterious commune on the island of Lesbos. The second half of Anna's odyssey finds her exploring a very different kind of freedom - communal love, communal toilets - and a new perspective on Ayn Rand that could bring Anna back home to herself.

"A gimlet-eyed satirist of the cultural morasses and political impasses of our times" (Alexandra Kleeman), Lexi Freiman speaks in _The Book of Ayn_ not only to a particular millennial loneliness, but also to a timeless existential predicament: the strangeness, absurdity, and hilarity of seeking meaning in the modern world.

### Author Biography

**LEXI FREIMAN** is an Australian writer and editor who graduated from Columbia's MFA program in 2012. Her first novel, _Inappropriation_, was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. She also writes for television.

**Number of Pages:** 240

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** November 14, 2023

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