The Topeka School

Author: Ben Lerner

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  • : $22.99 NZD
  • : 9781783785377
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  • : May 2020
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  • : English
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Description

The most talked-about novel of the season, from the most celebrated American writer of his generation.


Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His parents are psychologists, his mom a famous author in the field. A renowned debater and orator, an aspiring poet, and - although it requires a lot of posturing and weight lifting - one of the cool kids, he's also one of the seniors who brings the loner Darren Eberheart into the social scene, with disastrous effects. Deftly shifting perspectives and time periods, The Topeka School is a riveting story about the challenges of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a startling prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech, the tyranny of trolls and the new right, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men.

Awards

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020