"The lost boys of privilege": Triangulation and the End of History in Ben Lerner's The Topeka School.

In Ben Lerner's 2019 novel The Topeka School, which is largely set in 1990s Kansas, the aggressive demeanor of protagonist Adam Gordon, a champion high school debater, closely resembles the confrontational style of Newt Gingrich. Yet Adam also draws on Clinton's strategy of triangulation in an attem...

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Published in:	Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 146 - 164
Main Author:	Lawrie, Alexandra
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press Winter2024
Subjects:	Topeka School, The (Book) Lerner, Ben, 1979- Gordon, Adam Protagonists (Persons) Masculinity
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost