Ben Lerner’s much hyped latest novel reads like an audit of contemporary grievances

Though set in the 1990s, The Topeka School captures the sense of malaise we now associate with Trump’s America, but the subtlety of the previous novels is missing

From magazine issue: 16 November 2019

issue 16 November 2019

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