The Passenger Seat

A searing examination of male friendship and the broader social implications of masculinity in an age of toxic loneliness



Two teenagers leave their small town on a vaguely charted road trip through the northern wilderness, with little more than canned food, second-hand camping gear, and the rifle they buy for reasons neither can articulate. The more they handle the gun, and the farther they get from their parents and peers, girlfriends and online gaming, the less their actions-and the games,...