Two Bronx boys take radically different paths in this novel about the limits of genius and the loss of home, by a "terrifically gifted" author (Anita Shreve, New York Times -bestselling author). Ralph Silverman was a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, and a boy genius. He held long conversations with his pet parakeet and spent countless hours on a computer, creating mesmerizing music and solving problems in philosophy. He was a friend of great scholars and the son of a wealthy outer-borough businessman with shady ...
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Two Bronx boys take radically different paths in this novel about the limits of genius and the loss of home, by a "terrifically gifted" author (Anita Shreve, New York Times -bestselling author). Ralph Silverman was a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, and a boy genius. He held long conversations with his pet parakeet and spent countless hours on a computer, creating mesmerizing music and solving problems in philosophy. He was a friend of great scholars and the son of a wealthy outer-borough businessman with shady associates and a secret second family. And, as he begins to take over the story from the narrator, Ralph finds himself in South Florida, physically abused and expelled into a frightening world of the unhoused--with a broken pair of glasses, no money, and no shoes. From the celebrated author of Searching for Bobby Fischer , Anything Is Good is a hypnotically compelling tale of a man haunted by the fate of his childhood buddy, and of that friend's pleasures and misfortunes as he navigates an unhoused life--a life more complex and dramatic than a bypasser might ever imagine. " Anything Is Good . . . offers a deeply affecting dive into the lives of the unhoused. Its shifting perspective and changing narrative voice builds to a clarion call for greater empathy and understanding." --Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March " Anything Is Good is the best portrait of homelessness I've read since George Orwell's Down and Out in London and Paris. . . . Superbly written." --Gabriel Byrne Praise for Fred Waitzkin's previous books "Very few writers can deliver a story with this much heart . . . A great novel." --Sebastian Junger "I've seldom been so captivated by a book." --Tom Stoppard "A gem of a book." -- The New York Times
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