The bestseller that defined an era

Everything somehow came together; a cunning and benevolent providence gradually revealed itself, and I felt as if I were on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as if every morning everything would align – my future, my past, my entire life – and I would sit up in bed like a bolt of lightning and say, "Oh! Oh! Oh!"

Under the influence of a charismatic professor of classical literature, a group of clever, eccentric outsiders at a college in New England discovers a way of thinking and living that is far removed from their mundane contemporaries. However, their quest for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human moral standards.

“Eerie, gripping, and brilliant.” - The Times

“Irresistible and seductive.” - Guardian

“Compelling... Powerful, intellectual, and impeccably controlled.” - New York Times.