{"product_id":"the-topeka-school","title":"The Topeka School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Topeka School\u003c\/em\u003e by Ben Lerner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Lerner follows a gifted high-school debater and his family in 1990s Topeka. Adolescence, psychotherapy and public speech intersect as the novel examines how a culture teaches its young men to speak and compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it for the difference between winning an argument and understanding another person. The book asks what language becomes when its chief purpose is to overpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"book-cover-credit\"\u003eGranta paperback, ISBN 9781783785377. Cover image supplied by Allen \u0026amp; Unwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apple Books and Kobo options are the FSG ebook, ISBN 9780374721183; the Allen \u0026amp; Unwin option is the pictured Granta paperback offered in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50822316785826,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/topeka-school-granta-9781783785377.jpg?v=1793948732","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.com\/products\/the-topeka-school","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}