DESCRIPTION A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Acontemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice),from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Goldfinch. 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
