The Topeka School Av Ben Lerner

<p><b>ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><b>'I think the future of the novel is here' Sally Rooney</b><br><b>'A hugely moving American masterpiece' Max Porter</b><br><br>Adam 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 a loner, Darren Eberheart, into the social scene, with disastrous effects. <br><br><i>The Topeka School</i> 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. <br><br><b>'His most discerning, ambitious, innovative and timely novel to date... Deeply inspired' Maggie Nelson </b></p>