<p>"Beha tackles finance, faith, war, entitlement, and no end of self-destructive acts. I greatly admired both the writing and the ambition." --Ann Patchett</p><p>A <em>New York Times</em> Editors' Choice<br /> Longlisted for the National Book Award<br /> Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize and the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize<br /> A Best Book of the Year at <em>Kirkus</em>, <em>The Christian Science Monitor</em>, <em>Library Journal</em>, and BuzzFeed</p><p>What makes a life, Sam Waxworth sometimes wondered--self or circumstance?</p>