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The Slip: A Novel
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National Bestseller | Winner Of The Kirkus Prize | Nbcc John Leonard Prize Finalistone Of The New York Times Book ReviewS 100 Notable Books Of 2025One Of The Washington PostS 10 Best Books Of 2025For Readers Of Jonathan Franzen And Nathan Hill Comes A Haymaker Of An American Novel About A Missing Teenage Boy, Cases Of Fluid And Mistaken Identity, And The Transformative Power Of Boxing.Austin, Texas: ItS The Summer Of 1998, And ThereS A New Face On The Scene At Terry TuckerS Boxing Gym. SixteenYearOld Nathaniel Rothstein Has Never Felt Comfortable In His Own Skin, But Under The Tutelage Of A Swaggering, HaitianBorn ExFighter Named David Dalice, He Begins To Come Into His Own. Even The BoyS Slightly Stoned Uncle, Bob Alexander, Who Is Supposed To Be Watching Him For The Summer, Notices The Change. Nathaniel Is Happier, More ConfidentTanner, Even. Then One Night He Vanishes, Leaving Little Trace Behind.Across The City, Charles Rex, Now Going Simply By X, Has Been Undergoing A Teenage Transformation Of His Own, Trolling The Phone Sex Hotline That His Mother Works, Seeking An Outlet For Everything That Feels Wrong About His Body, Looking For Intimacy And Acceptance In A Culture That Denies Him Both. As A Surprising And Unlikely Romance Blooms, X Feels, For A Moment, Like He Might Have Found The Safety HeS Been Searching For. But ItS Never That Simple.More Than A Decade Later, NathanielS Uncle Bob Receives A Shocking Tip, Propelling Him To Open His Own Investigation Into His NephewS Disappearance. The Resulting Search Involves Gymgoers Past And Present, Including A DownOnHisLuck Twin And His Opportunistic Brother; A Rookie Cop Determined To Prove Herself; And Alexis Cepeda, A Promising Lightweight, Who Crossed The UsMexico Border When He Was Only Fourteen, Carrying With Him A License Bearing The Wrong Name And Face.Bobbing And Weaving Across The EverShifting Canvas Of A Changing Country, The Slip Is An Audacious, Daring Look At Sex And Race In America That Builds To An Unforgettable Collision In The Center Of The Ring.
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