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A Read with Jenna Book Club selection and an international bestseller, this novel has earned recognition as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time, and is praised as a modern literary classic. Described by the Village Voice as an expertly crafted psychological thriller and “absolutely chilling,” it is written by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of “The Goldfinch” and was named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years.

At an elite New England college, an enigmatic classics professor captivates an exclusive circle of intelligent, eccentric misfits, guiding them toward a way of thinking and living markedly different from their ordinary peers. Drawn powerfully toward the sublime, their pursuit ultimately leads them down a perilous road, past limits of conventional morality, and into dark and dangerous territory.

According to The New York Times, this compelling story is “a remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment,” notable for its intensity, intellectual depth, and masterful control.