A Philosophy of Ruin

A Novel

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Pub Date 18 Jun 2019 | Archive Date 17 Jul 2019

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An InsideHook Best Book of the Year

“Riveting fun to read.”—
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“An unforgettable debut. Mancusi is a writer to watch.”—Alexander Chee, author of
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

A young philosophy professor finds himself in the middle of a drug-running operation after his personal life derails in this taut, white-knuckle debut for fans of
Breaking Bad

Oscar Boatwright, a disenchanted philosophy professor, receives terrible news. His mother, on her way home from Hawaii with Oscar’s father, has died midflight, her body cooling for hours until the plane can land.

Deeply grieving, Oscar feels his life slipping out of his control. His family is in debt, and desperate to help them, Oscar agrees to help his student Dawn with a drug run.

A Philosophy of Ruin rumbles with brooding nihilism, then it cracks like a whip, hurtling Oscar and Dawn toward a terrifying threat on the road. Can Oscar halt the acceleration of chaos? Or was his fate never in his control?

Taut, ferocious and blazingly intelligent, A Philosophy of Ruin is a heart-pounding thrill ride into the darkest corners of human geography, and a philosophical reckoning with the forces that determine our destiny.
An InsideHook Best Book of the Year

“Riveting fun to read.”—
New York Times Book Review

A
TIME Magazine Best Book of Summer

A
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Book of the Month

A
LitHub Most Anticipated Book of Summer

An
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ISBN 9781335930668
PRICE $26.99 (USD)
PAGES 288

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