Glass Century
A Novel
It's 1973 and Mona Glass is a 24-year-old amateur tennis star in a long-running affair with Saul Plotz, her former college professor. Her parents like Saul and desperately want the free-spirited Mona to marry. But 34-year-old Saul already has a wife and two children. One day, Saul happens on an idea: stage a fake wedding for the benefit of her old world parents, invite a few friends in on the joke, and go about their lives.
The ruse works. Except Saul realizes he actually wants to marry Mona, who vows never to permanently tie herself to a man. After losing her city job in the 1970s fiscal crisis, Mona becomes a freelance news photographer for a radical new tabloid. When she…
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May 6, 2025Ross Barkan is the author of two novels, including Demolition Night, and a work of nonfiction. A contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, his reporting and essays have appeared in The Nation, New York Magazine, The Guardian, and elsewhere. He writes the popular Substack newsletter Political Currents.
