The Body Builders: A Novel Stationery Scandal escalates to murder as

Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him

these gifts start to change the lives of nearly everyone in town in ways much larger than they-or July-could have imagined

but also learn how to live with his newfound companion

Exploring the long reach of violence and our flawed systems of incarceration and rehabilitation

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The Body Builders: A Novel Stationery Scandal escalates to murder asFor readers of Megan Nolan and Sheila Heti, a mesmerizing Borgesian literary debut about the frayed borders between our bodies and minds. Ada lives a solitary life. She spends her days in her London apartment building's swimming pool, occasionally visiting with her cousin Francesca and meeting her friends, each of them chatting, drinking, posing invitations Ada ignores. Ada's parents are recently divorced after her father became a bodybuilder: he