{"product_id":"edinburgh-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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER CHEE is the author of \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award and an NEA fellowship in fiction. His writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003eand on NPR, among others, and he is a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611616514322,"sku":"9780544916128","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f3746d9-1e45-4fcf-b6cb-fa9bab9043df.jpg?v=1732364440","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/edinburgh-9780544916128","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}