Genre-bending narrative: Blends fiction and nonfiction for a unique reading experience
Academic satire: critiques the absurdities of academia and American culture
Historical setting: Set in Not Quite Upstate New York during the 1959-1960 winter
Complex characters: Features a Jewish historian and a controversial Israeli scholar
Pulitzer Prize winner: Recognized as one of the best novels of the year
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WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2021 A KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021
Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the ap