Winner Of Fiction Of The Year At The British Book Awards. 'I'M Not Exaggerating When I Say This Novel Challenged Everything I Thought I Knew About Love And Friendship. It'S One Of Those Books That Stays With You Forever.' Dua Lipa. When Four Graduates From A Small Massachusetts College Move To New York To Make Their Way, They'Re Broke, Adrift, And Buoyed Only By Their Friendship And Ambition. There Is Kind, Handsome Willem, An Aspiring Actor; Jb, A Quick-Witted, Sometimes Cruel Brooklyn-Born Painter Seeking Entry To The Art World; Malcolm, A Frustrated Architect At A Prominent Firm; And Withdrawn, Brilliant, Enigmatic Jude, Who Serves As Their Centre Of Gravity.