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A tech billionaire and troubled girls: Madeline Cash’s ‘unhinged’ debut is Kafka meets Sedaris

The Conversation · 🇦🇺 public Australia · · 1255 words · By Amber Gwynne
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What to know about A tech billionaire and troubled girls: Madeline Cash’s ‘unhinged’ debut is Kafka meets Sedaris

In Madeline Cash’s debut novel – lauded by Lena Dunham and already optioned for a limited series – the Flynns, like all unhappy families, are unhappy in their own way.

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What happened

In Madeline Cash’s debut novel – lauded by Lena Dunham and already optioned for a limited series – the Flynns, like all unhappy families, are unhappy in their own way.

Why it matters

Bud and Catherine have just opened their marriage – reluctantly, on Bud’s part.

Common ground

Catherine is a day-drinking stay-at-home mom who longs for the rock star she thought she’d married.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “The novel 'Lost Lambs' is inspired by Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections and a slew of hard-boiled detective novels”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about 'Lost Lambs' being inspired by Jonathan Franzen's 'The Corrections' and hard-boiled detective novels.
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Claim 2: “In the novel's closing act, the antagonist Paul Alabaster says, 'The truth is funny!'”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the specific dialogue attributed to Paul Alabaster in 'Lost Lambs'.
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Claim 3: “Julia Rittenberg suggests on Book Riot that authors of the millennial novel explore the oppressive anxieties of living in a world where it feels like everything is stacked against you”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute Julia Rittenberg's statement on Book Riot about millennial novels.
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Claim 4: “Cash, 29 years old, is founder and co-editor of the 'subversive' feminist zine Forever Magazine”
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The Wikipedia entry confirms Madeline Cash's role as co-founder of Forever Magazine but does not mention her age (29 years old) in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chayce Beckham (born July 16, 1996) is a singer-songwriter from Apple Valley, California, who rose to fame after winning the nineteenth season of the singing reality show American Idol.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dimes Square is a micro neighborhood of New York City and art scene located in the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan. The exact perimeter and nature of the neighborhood is debat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beck…
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Claim 5: “At the novel’s midpoint, the town’s tech titan tells Bud: 'Control what people do and you’re a king. Control what people think and you’re a god.'”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the specific dialogue attributed to Paul Alabaster in 'Lost Lambs'.
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Claim 6: “Cash authored a 2023 short-story collection”
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The Wikipedia entry for Madeline Cash explicitly states she authored a short-story collection published in 2023 titled 'Earth Angel'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madeline Cash is an American author and co-founder of Forever Magazine. Her debut novel Lost Lambs was published in 2026 and reviewed in The New Yorker. She previously authored a collection of short s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Subservience is a 2024 American science fiction thriller film directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay by Will Honley and April Maguire. It stars Megan Fox as an artificially intelligent gynoid who gai…
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Claim 7: “Madeline Cash’s debut novel – lauded by Lena Dunham and already optioned for a limited series”
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The Wikipedia entry for Madeline Cash confirms her debut novel 'Lost Lambs' and her 2023 short-story collection, but there is no mention of Lena Dunham's praise or the limited series adaptation in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — See also Lists of women writers by nationality. This is a list of notable women writers. Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc.…
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