“This stunning book moved me so much, I fell in love with its characters and grieved their absence in my life when I turned the last page”
— CAITR ONA BALFE
“A poetic, dramatic and vivid story. It has an epic sweep but it also handles intimacy and love with delicacy and deep originality”
— COLM T IB N
“A fine-grained social panorama driven by the developing camaraderie of an ensemble cast bonded in precariousness and pain”
— Observer
“Perfectly tuned... May well be the first millennial Great American Novel”
— ArtReview
“Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime”
— OPRAH WINFREY
“His most vivid, ambitious work yet”
— Dazed
“Tender and moving”
— REBECCA SOLNIT
“A masterwork”
— BRYAN WASHINGTON
The Emperor of Gladness
Year
2025
Pages
402
Tags
Praise
“This stunning book moved me so much, I fell in love with its characters and grieved their absence in my life when I turned the last page”
— CAITR ONA BALFE
“A poetic, dramatic and vivid story. It has an epic sweep but it also handles intimacy and love with delicacy and deep originality”
— COLM T IB N
“A fine-grained social panorama driven by the developing camaraderie of an ensemble cast bonded in precariousness and pain”
— Observer
“Perfectly tuned... May well be the first millennial Great American Novel”
— ArtReview
“Some of the most beautiful writing I've experienced in my lifetime”
— OPRAH WINFREY
“His most vivid, ambitious work yet”
— Dazed
“Tender and moving”
— REBECCA SOLNIT
“A masterwork”
— BRYAN WASHINGTON
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