Trust Exercise

Review A Russian doll of a novel ― Daily TelegraphWill leave you shaken to your very core ― CosmopolitanA devastatingly apt analysis of what men have gotten away with ― The New York TimesRemarkable ... a phosphorescent examination of sexual consent -- Top Books of 2019 ― The New York TimesTense and lovely -- Best Books of 2019 ― New YorkerTricksy and beguiling -- Books of the Year ― EconomistUnputdownable -- Must-Read Books of 2019 ― Time MagazineSpellbinding -- Best Books of 2019 ― Elle MagazineTrust Exercise is Choi's fifth novel, and without a doubt her most ingenious yet. Sure, submitting to it is a "trust exercise" all of its own, but the razzmatazz that awaits is well worth it. -- Lucy Scholes ― FTPowerful, addictive, smart ― Elle MagazineTaut, distinctive and deeply unsettling ― Daily MailA masterly study of power and its abuses ... Choi shows how much we need our female novelists within the sea change of our current moment ― GuardianA captivating, dark and unforgettable read ― You Product Description WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEARBoth inventive and shocking, Trust Exercise became a sensation on publication in the USA for its timely insights into sex, power and the nature of abuse. Sarah and David are in love - the obsessive, uncertain love of teenagers on the edge of adulthood. At their performing arts school, the rules are made by their magnetic drama instructor Mr Kingsley, who initiates them into a dangerous game. Two decades on we learn that the real story of these teenagers' lives is even larger and darker than we imagined, and the consequences have lasted a lifetime. Trust Exercise is a brilliant, unforgettable novel about what we lose, gain and never get over as we're initiated into the mysteries of adulthood. Book Description The National Book Award-winning sensation and one of Barack Obama's Books of the Year About the Author Susan Choi is the author of five novels: Trust Exercise, My Education, American Woman, A Person of Interest and The Foreign Student. She has been a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award and the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and is the winner of the Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction. Choi was named the inaugural recipient of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award in 2010 and is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. She teaches at Yale and lives with her family in Brooklyn.