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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 “an accomplished psychological thriller … absolutely chilling” (Village Voice), from 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
From the Publisher
Publisher : Alfred A Knopf (September 11, 1992)
Language : English
Paperback : 576 pages
ISBN-10 : 1400031702
ISBN-13 : 978-1400031702
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.1 x 1.01 x 8 inches
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