Author: Hanya Yanagihara

When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way in the world, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity even as he harbors devastating secrets from his past.

Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself. By midlife, Jude has become a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood that he cannot escape. He is haunted by a degree of trauma that threatens to define and destroy his life forever.

Although Jude's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, he has his intellect, his work, and above all, the love of his friends. But is that enough to overcome a past so horrific it defies comprehension? This million-copy bestseller challenges everything you thought you knew about love, friendship, and the limits of human endurance.

Hanya Yanagihara's immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel has become a modern classic, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award. As one reader put it: "This novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship. It's one of those books that stays with you forever."

• ISBN-13: 978-1447294832
• Pages: 720
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 15.3 x 4.5 x 23.4 cm
• Weight: 0.49kg