Transcription

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

The narrator of Ben Lerner's new novel has travelled to Providence, where he is to conduct what will be the final published interview with Thomas, his ninety-year-old mentor, and the father of his college friend, Max. But after the narrator drops his smartphone in the hotel sink, he arrives at Thomas's house with no recording device, a fact he is mysteriously unable to confess.

What unfolds from this dreamlike circumstance is both the unforgettable story of the triangle formed by Thomas, Max, and the narrator, and a brilliant meditation on those technologies that enrich or impoverish our connection to each other, that store or obliterate the memories that make us who we are.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781803513898
Published: March 2026

Number of pages: 144
Width: 135 mm
Height: 216 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Granta Books