Immunity - Hardcover

Taylor Antrim is the author of the novel The Headmaster Ritual. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications including Five Chapters, American Short Fiction, and Best American Short Stories. A senior editor at Vogue, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

"A gripping whirlpool of intrigue and danger." Author: Scott Hutchins Source: New York Times

"Set in an imagined America that's appallingly indistinguishable from our own, Immunity offers a double black vodka of dystopia: very dry, very smooth, and very lethal." Author: Joseph O’Neill, author of Source: Netherland and The Dog

“Reading Immunity is like coming down with some exotic virus: your pulse races, your temperature spikes, cold sweats set in, and for as long as you’re holding the book, you’re flat-out immobilized. It’s a thrilling shock to the system, an extraordinary novel.” Author: Jonathan Miles, author of Source: Dear American Airlines and Want Not

“In this smart, scary report from the day after tomorrow, Taylor Antrim gives us a new york we recognize immediately from our anxious daydreams: the broken city after the catastrophe. A paranoid thriller for an age that’s lost its faith in conspiracies, Immunity is both a delivery system for adrenaline and a first attempt at a survival guide for the future.” Author: Gabriel Roth, author of Source: The Unknowns

“I’m left haunted by how perfectly Taylor Antrim zeroes in on the zeitgeist of right now. To call Immunity a medical thriller doesn’t nearly sum up what’s contained here: all the panic, the violence, the desire we’re capable of if given the right circumstances.” Author: Mary Beth Keane, author of Source: The Walking People and Fever

“A whip-smart send-up of New York City elite set in a catastrophic future America that feels chillingly real. Devastating and darkly hilarious.” Author: Laura Van Den Berg, Author of Source: The Isle of Youth and Find Me

“If Bret Easton Ellis wrote a biothriller.” Author: Kirkus