The Bewildered: A Novel

“Electric.” —Vanity Fair

“The characters that inhabit The Bewildered are cut from a rare cloth of eccentricity. Or make that electricity . . . Compelling.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Rock has an eye for detail, with lucid, confident metaphors reminiscent of Annie Proulx.” —The Wall Street Journal

In Portland, Orgeon, three high school friends—Leon, Chris and Kayla—spend their time skateboarding, studying foreign languages and classical music, and plotting a shared future that will avoid the s...