Adam Ross

A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut ("A brilliant, powerful, and memorable book" - The New York Times) "Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." - Ron Charles, The...

'A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp.' Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review'Extraordinary . . . A beguiling ode to a lost era . . . Line for line the book is a revelation.' Leigh Haber, Los Angeles...