The radiance a novel

When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is caught between revelation and madness as an uncanny pull toward a brilliant campus colleague ensnares him in a scandal that threatens to destroy them both. What begins as a provocative portrait of academic and cultural warfare deepens into...

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Main Author: Akhtar, Ayad (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Summit Books, 2026.
Edition:First Summit Books hardcover edition.
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