THE INCENDIARIES [Signed]

Kwon, R.O.

ISBN 10: 0735213895 / ISBN 13: 9780735213890

Published by Riverhead Books, New York, New York, 2018

About this Item

Octavo, 228 pages. In Very Good condition with Very good dust jacket. Spine black, gray, yellow, and pink with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut, "$26.00." Slight bumping to tail of board spine. Mild general shelf wear. Signed flat by Kwon on title page. Shelved in Hardcover Fiction. 1409093. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE INCENDIARIES [Signed]
• Publisher: Riverhead Books, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735213895
• ISBN 13: 9780735213890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Dupont Circle

About this title

Synopsis

Now a National Bestseller

"Religion, politics, and love collide in this slim but powerful novel reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner." --People Magazine

"The most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be...unusual and enticing ... The Incendiaries arrives at precisely the right moment." --The Washington Post

"Radiant...A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism." --New York Times Book Review

A powerful, darkly glittering novel of violence, love, faith, and loss, as a young woman at an elite American university is drawn into a cult's acts of terrorism.

Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe.

Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is drawn into a secretive cult founded by a charismatic former student with an enigmatic past. When the group commits a violent act in the name of faith, Will finds himself struggling to confront a new version of the fanaticism he's worked so hard to escape. Haunting and intense, The Incendiaries is a fractured love story that explores what can befall those who lose what they love most.

About the Author

R. O. Kwon is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. The Incendiaries is her first novel, and it was named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Her writing is published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Buzzfeed, New York Magazine, NPR, and elsewhere. Born in South Korea, she has lived most of her life in the United States.