In Ways and Means (Overlook Press), Daniel Lefferts’s first novel, men who are lacking—in money, morals, or motivation—find salvation through other methods. Alistair, a business student at NYU, becomes involved with a variety of older men: Mark and Elijah, who hope a foray into throupledom will help their doomed relationship; Nikolai, a disgraced banker who needs a buddy; and Herve, one of those very dangerous people who has much of the world’s money and none of its attention.
