From an exciting new voice in literary fiction comes a brilliantly innovative tender and
unsettling novel exploring what it means to lose our innocence Surrounded by the dramatic
beauty of Guernsey a teenager discovers a secret and finds his betrayal has the power to ruin
adult lives. In London a marriage shot through with infidelity leads to a quest for revenge
resulting in a series of simultaneously comical and catastrophic events. And in California as
wildfires threaten landscapes and lives a young veteran struggles with the trauma of war
seeking solace at a local ranch. In this extraordinary debut a cast of characters grapple with
unexpected betrayal the loss of innocence and the lies we tell. With sharp insight Ben
Hinshaw illuminates the unnerving nature of what it means to grow up to be a teenager playing
at adulthood and an adult playing games.
