{"product_id":"these-violent-delights-9780062963642","title":"These Violent Delights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of Year - A \u003cem\u003eCrime Reads\u003c\/em\u003e Best Debut of the Year - A \u003cem\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/em\u003e25 Best Fall Books - A \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/em\u003e10 Big Books for the Fall - An O Magazine.com LGBTQ Books That Are Changing the Literary Landscape - An \u003cem\u003eElectric Lit \u003c\/em\u003eMost Anticipated Debut - A Paperback Paris Best New LGBTQ+ Books To Read This Year Selection - A \u003cem\u003ePassport \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Month\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Secret History \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eLie with Me\u003c\/em\u003e in Micah Nemerever's compulsively readable debut novel--a feverishly taut Hitchcockian story about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it's with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and incomprehensible to his grieving family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate's effortless charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul sees Julian as his sole intellectual equal--an ally against the conventional world he finds so suffocating. Paul will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of their friendship, because with Julian life is more invigorating than Paul could ever have imagined. But as charismatic as he can choose to be, Julian is also volatile and capriciously cruel, and Paul becomes increasingly afraid that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their friendship spirals into all-consuming intimacy, they each learn the lengths to which the other will go in order to stay together, their obsession ultimately hurtling them toward an act of irrevocable violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding with a propulsive ferocity, \u003cem\u003eThese Violent Delights\u003c\/em\u003e is an exquisitely plotted excavation of the depths of human desire and the darkness it can bring forth in us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micah Nemerever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062963642","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44148466286637,"sku":"9780062963642","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_379de01e-5c4b-42e1-b974-5e4c8f6f66bd.jpg?v=1757224654","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/these-violent-delights-9780062963642","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}