New York: Norton, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, third book, a story of "art, ambition, love, and friendship." As it follows the careers of two students who both attended a prestigious writing school - one whose star rises early, when his first book wins an important prize, and the other who labors for years over a single poem - it attempts to answer the questions "What is the hidden burden of early promise? What are the personal costs of a life devoted to the pursuit of art?" SIGNED on the title page. 205 pp. ISBN: 978-0393063066.