A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Acontemporary literary classic and “an accomplished psychological thriller … absolutely chilling” (Village Voice),from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Goldfinch.

One ofThe Atlantics 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