Author Brian Schaefer (Town & Country): "I'm Very Excited That It's A Physical Thing Now That's On My Own Bookshelf"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley · Nov 19, 2025 · 1h 16m

Dennis is joined via Zoom from Manhattan by Brian Schaefer to talk about his wonderful debut novel Town & Country. The book is about a congressional election in a small rural town called Griffin between Chip Riley, a conservative bar owner who's lived in Griffin for decades, and Paul Sands, a young ambitious liberal gay man who bought a house in Griffin with his rich husband about a year earlier. Brian talks about taking inspiration from the Hudson Valley town where he and his husband have had a second home for 12 years, the long road to getting the book published and how it feels to finally…