A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller...absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of THE GOLDFINCH.

Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.