A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK
• ONE OF
TIME MAGAZINE
'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME •
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a
n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (
Village Voice
)
, f
rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
The Goldfinch.
One of
The Atlantic
’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —
The New York Times