Broken People

A Vogue Most Anticipated Book of 2020An O, The Oprah Magazine "LGBTQ Book That Will Change the Literary Landscape in 2020""Profound and affecting."—Chloe Benjamin"Broken People leads us through the winds of time and memory to offer a riveting portrait of transformation. I am better for having read it."—Jamie Lee CurtisA groundbreaking, incandescent debut novel about coming to grips with the past and ourselves, for fans of Sally Rooney, Hanya Yanagihara and Garth Greenwell"He fixes everything that's wrong with you in three days."This is what hooks Sam when he first overhears it at a fancy dinner party in the Hollywood hills: the story of a globe-trotting shaman who claims to perform "open-soul surgery" on emotionally damaged people. For neurotic, depressed Sam, new to Los Angeles after his life in New York imploded, the possibility of total transformation is...