num_pages: 203
description: An Indie Next Selection of Independent Booksellers  One of the most anticipated novels of the fall from New York magazine Glamour Lit Hub Boston magazine The Millions and BookPageDavid Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class the withdrawn mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. Initially however his social prospects seem unlikely to change sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity.Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty wit and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing David becomes instantly infatuated. Determined to win her attention and an invite into her glamorous world he begins compromising his moral standards for this one great shot at happiness. But both Veronica and David it turns out are not exactly as they seem.Loner turns the traditional campus novel on its head as it explores ambition class and gender politics. It is a stunning and timely literary achievement from one of the rising stars of American fiction.
language: English
title: Loner
publisher: Simon & Schuster