10:04: A Novel

A stunning, urgent, and original novel from Ben Lerner ( The Topeka School and Leaving the Atocha Station ) about making art, love, and children during the twilight of an empire. Winner of The Paris Review 's 2012 Terry Southern Prize A Finalist for the 2014 Folio Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unlikely literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal medical condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help he