A read with Jenna book club pick. International Bestseller. A contemporary literary classic and ""an accomplished psychological thriller . . . absolutely chilling"" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prizeandndash,winning author of The Goldfinch. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. and A remarkably powerful novel and a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.