{"product_id":"edinburgh-isbn-9780544916128","title":"Edinburgh","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eHow To Write an Autobiographical Novel, \u003c\/em\u003eAlexander Chee's award-winning debut is \"One of the great queer novels . . . of our time.\"—Brandon Taylor, \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTwelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean-American boy growing up in Maine whose powerful soprano voice wins him a place as section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when, on a retreat, Fee discovers how the director treats the boys he makes section leader, he is so ashamed, he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, Fee’s best friend, is in line to be next. The director is eventually arrested, and Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYears later, after he has carefully pieced a new life together, Fee takes a job at a private school near his hometown. There he meets a young student, Arden, who, to his shock, is the picture of Peter—and the son of his old choir director. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTold with “the force of a dream and the heft of a life” (Annie Dillard), this is a haunting, lyrically written debut novel that marked Chee “as a major talent whose career will bear watching” (\u003cem\u003ePublisher’s Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). | \u003cp\u003e\"A coming-of-age novel in the grand Romantic tradition, where passions run high, Cupid stalks Psyche, and love shares the dance floor with death . . . A lovely, nuanced, never predictable portrait of a creative soul in the throes of becoming.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting . . . complex . . . sophisticated . . . [Chee] says volumes with just a few incendiary words.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chee describes [Fee's] desperate adolescent moments with heartbreaking clarity and grace . . . Few coming-of-age novels truly stir one's emotions or lead readers to consider the traumas of their own lives. Edinburgh does both.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890091815141,"sku":"NP9780544916128","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544916128.jpg?v=1730232526","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/edinburgh-isbn-9780544916128","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}