Courtney Maum discusses Alan Opts Out with Rufi Thorpe

Chevalier’s Books hosts Courtney Maum in conversation with bestselling author Rufi Thorpe for Alan Opts Out, a timely and comedic novel about ambition, consumerism, privilege, and personal reinvention. The story follows an ad executive who walks away from the machinery of capitalism after a career-defining failure, choosing instead to live off the land of his suburban Connecticut home. The evening offers a sharp, funny, and warmly literary conversation for readers drawn to social satire with heart.