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Playworld: A Novel
By Adam Ross
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Sharp and immersive, Playworld is an engrossing novel that takes readers into the heart of family dysfunction and coming-of-age in 1980s New York City.
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE • A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TOWN & COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE • GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • MULANEY READS BOOK CLUB PICK
"A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are...
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TOWN & COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE • GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • MULANEY READS BOOK CLUB PICK
"A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are...
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