Overview
āIn the fall of 1980, when I was fourteen, a friend of myĀ parentsĀ named Naomi Shah fell in love with me. She was thirty-six, a mother of two, and married to a wealthy man. Like so many things that happened to me that year, itĀ didnātĀ seem strange at the time.ā
Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role asĀ Peter Proton onĀ the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high schoolĀ at New York's elite Boyd Prepāalong withĀ theĀ increasingly compromisingĀ demands of his wrestling coachāhe's teetering on the edge ofĀ collapse.Ā Ā
Then comes Naomi Shah, twenty-two yearsĀ GriffināsĀ senior.Ā Unwilling to layĀ hisĀ burdensĀ on his shrinkāwhom he shares withĀ hisĀ father, mother, and younger brother, OrenāGriffinĀ soon finds himselfĀ in the back ofĀ NaomiāsĀ MercedesĀ sedan,Ā again and again,Ā confessing all toĀ the oneĀ person who mightĀ do him the most harm.Ā
Less a bildungsroman than a story of miseducation, Playworld is a novel of epic proportions, bursting with laughter and heartache. Adam Ross immerses us in the life of Griffin and his loving (yet disintegrating) family while seeming to evoke the entirety of Manhattan and the ethos of an eraāwithĀ Jimmy Carter on his way out and a B-list celebrity named Ronald Reagan on his way in. Surrounded by adults who embody theĀ ageāsĀ excessesāandĀ who seem to care little about what their children are up toāGriffin is left to himself to find theĀ line between youth and maturity,Ā dependenceĀ and love,Ā acting andĀ trulyĀ grappling with life.
This book title, Playworld (A novel), ISBN: 9780385351294, by Adam Ross, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (January 7, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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