Edinburgh

The debut novel, never-before-published in the UK, from bestselling author Alexander Chee, told with the force of a dream and the heft of a life (Annie Dillard, Publishers Weekly)

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GARTH GREENWELL

Every word makes me ache . Written with exquisite empathy and grace Roxane Gay

Singularly beautiful and psychologically harrowing . One of the best American novels of this century Boston Globe

Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. At their summer camp, situated in an idyllic and secluded lakeside retreat, Fee grapples with his complicated feelings towards his best friend, Peter. But as Fee comes to learn how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter is in line to