“Beha tackles finance, faith, war, entitlement, and no end of self-destructive acts. I greatly admired both the writing and the ambition.” ―Ann PatchettA New York Times Editors’ ChoiceLonglisted for the National Book AwardFinalist for the Gotham Book Prize and the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates PrizeA Best Book of the Year at Kirkus, The Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, and BuzzFeedWhat makes a life, Sam Waxworth sometimes wondered―self or circumstance?On the day Sam Waxworth arrives in New York to write for the Interviewer, a street-corner preacher declares that the world is coming to an end. A data journalist and recent media celebrity―he correctly forecast every outcome of the 2008 election―Sam knows a few things about predicting the future. But when projection meets reality, life gets complicated.His first assignment for the Interviewer is a profile of disgraced political columnist Frank Doyle, known to Sam for the sentimental works o
