"A modern masterpiece, sharp and breathtaking and wise. Griffin, the young man at the center of this vivid bildungsroman, is someone you’d follow forward and backward and anywhere—across the sweaty mats of the high schoolwrestling team into a steamed-up car for a wildly sexy and heartbreakinglyhuman relationship with an older, married woman, and then into the glittering world of child acting. Remarkable." —Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women
"It's difficult to overpraise Playworld’s tragicomic scope, dazzling ambition,categorical brilliance. Ross writes so close to the bone that I winced while reading. And while young Griffin is brutalized and betrayed by the adults putting him through his sentimental education, Playworld is never hopeless. It instead reinforces our faith in art, that it can make and save a life. I have not read a book this weighty and soulful since I put it down, and I doubt I will again." —Stephanie Danler, author of Sweetbitter
"The story not so much of a sentimental education as a plunge into the deep end of adulthood. Adam Ross has given us a masterful novel, one that's as entertaining and provocative as it is profound. Playworld is, in short, the world in full, and flat-out brilliant on every page." —Ben Fountain, author of Devil Makes Three
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BN ID: | 2940192470985 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 01/07/2025 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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