The book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The first sentence: “My suffering left me sad and gloomy.”
The bathing suit: Men’s Swimming Trunks by EUROPANN. $49.
The book: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The first sentence: “I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies.”
The bikini: Hanalei Bikini by Mikoh. Top $70.
The book: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The first sentence: “All this happened, more or less.”
The bikini: Kudeta Bikini.
The book: About a Mountain by John D’Agata
The first sentence: “If you take the population of Las Vegas, Nevada, and you divide that number by the number of days in the year, there should be 5,000 people in the city and its suburbs with a birthday on the same day Las Vegas began.”
The cover designer: Steve Attardo
The bathing suit: Printed Surf One Piece by Free People. $249.
The book: I Was Told There’d be Cake by Sloane Crosley
The first sentence: “As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I be killed during the day.”
The cover designer: Ben Gibson.
The bathing suit: Havana Floral Adjustable Bandeau Cut Out Maillot by Marc by Marc Jacobs. $104.99.
The book: The Bee Keeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King
The first sentence: “I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with a nose in my book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him.”
The bathing suit: Beach Honeycomber One Piece by ModCloth.
The book: The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
The first sentence: At half past seven in the morning, carrying the laundry she had ironed the night before, Yvette came down the drive on the way to the house.
The bikini: ASOS Panache Amy Halter Bikini
Submitted by: Confound it All
The book: The Information by James Gleick
The first sentence: “No one spoke simply on the drums.”
The bikini: ASOS Stripe Twist Bandeau
Submitted by: Delta Mu Alpha
The book: Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The first sentence: This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children’s eyes.
The bikini: Charlie by Matthew Zink
Submitted by: Lauren Whitticom
The book: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The first sentence: Schwartz didn’t notice the kid during the game.
The bikini: Freya Swing Bikini
Submitted by: Never Took Home Ec
The book: You Don’t Love Me Yet by Jonathan Letham
The first sentence: “They met at the museum to end it.”
The bikini: Victoria’s Secret Sequin Bandeau
The book: How to Help Your Husband Get Ahead by Mrs. Dale Carnegie
The first sentence: “A wife can be a husband’s springboard to success, but she can also be the root of his failure.”
The bikini: Beach Bunny Lady Lace.
The book: A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray
The first sentence: “On the first morning of the training in Bombay, just minutes before she collapsed, Elizabeth Dinakar stood in front of two hundred people in the conference hall, pointed up at the bacteria magnified on the wall in front of her, and said “This is your enemy.”
The bikini: La Perla Modern Art Bandeau Bikini
The book: The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
The first sentence: “We left on a school day, so Esther wouldn’t see us.”
The bathing suit: Agua Bendita Bendito Amazonas Pareo
The book: Security by Stephen Amidon
The first sentence: “The alarm came in just as he was leaving the office.”
The bathing suit: Princesse Tam Tam Cloud Print Swimsuit
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