Great Disasters: A Novel BN_Top_100 and the sheer brilliance of

and the sheer brilliance of his words

from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

Rachael Lippincott

and on TV in A Chorus Line

a different prophecy

Great Disasters: A Novel BN_Top_100 and the sheer brilliance ofA Best Book of 2025 from Chicago Review of Books For fans of Ben Lerners The Topeka School and Richard Linklaters Boyhood, Great Disasters is a stirring debut novel about six young men coming of age, and the enduring friendships that make us who we areeven as our paths diverge. This is the story of how we became. I write those words but remain uncertain what they mean. . . . Drinking was a part of it. But as much as it was drinking, it was Ryans love