What Is Wrong with You?

In this hilarious farce from Rudnick (Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style), a destination wedding goes extravagantly awry. Tech billionaire Trone Meston is set to marry his flight attendant fiancé, Linda Kleinschmidt, on Artemis Island, a private retreat he owns off the coast of Maine. Among the guests are Linda’s bodybuilder ex-husband, Sean Manginaro, a former TV star who was “bodysurfing an ocean of nubile, pre-lubed, equally libidinous women” before he met Linda, and who misses the stability she provided. Also invited is Isabelle McNally, a sensitivity reader for a publishing company owned by Trone. She’s followed to the island by literary wunderkind Tremble Woodspill, whose editor, Rob Barnett, lost his job after rejecting notes from Isabelle on Tremble’s novel. Other interlopers include Rob’s friend Paolo, who’s attempting to evade a stalker he met on a gay dating app. As the weekend progresses, the subplots intersect in delightful fashion. Sean grows convinced Linda wants him back, Isabelle tries to get Trone for herself, and Tremble attempts to persuade Isabelle to help Rob get rehired. It’s all carried along by Rudnick’s delicious wit and keen eye for detail (“It’s Ralph Lauren Prairie meets Embassy Suites in Akron,” Paolo says of the lobby in Alchemy Hall, the island’s estate and conference center). Readers will relish this comedy of errors. Agent: Esmond Harmsworth, Aevitas Creative Management. (Mar.)