FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEARA TIME, GQ, Vulture, and WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK of the YEARONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

One of Barack Obama's Books of the Year'I think the future of the novel is here' Sally Rooney'A hugely moving American masterpiece' Max PorterAdam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97, the son of two psychologists. He is a renowned debater and orator, an aspiring poet, and - although it requires a lot of posturing and weight lifting - one of the cool kids, but he's also one of the seniors who brings...

Darren Eberheart arremessa a bola branca no meio da festinha de sua turma na Topeka High School. A bola, girando no ar como a lua, parece que esteve lá a vida toda. O ano é 1997, e o gesto de violência, aparentemente gratuito, desdobra – em diferentes esferas, da família, da ideologia e da linguagem – todo um passado e todo um futuro urdidos naquele Meio-Oeste estadunidense.Com necessidades especiais, Darren está no último ano do colegial e é colega de Adam Gordon, que faz de tudo ...

Named one of the most anticipated fall books by:Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Vogue, Vulture, The Observer, Kirkus, Lit Hub, The Millions, The Week, Oprah Magazine, The Paris Review Daily, Nylon, Pacific Standard, Publishers Weekly, Slate, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The GuardianFrom the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive famil...