Adam Ross

Adam Ross is an American author known for his novel 'Mr. Peanut', which was a finalist for the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award. He has also worked as a journalist and editor, and his writing often explores themes of marriage and relationships.

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  1. 1. Playworld

    In 1980 Manhattan, fourteen-year-old Griffin Hurt struggles to balance his role as a child TV star with the pressures of an elite prep school, a demanding coach, and a family in quiet disarray. When he becomes involved with Naomi Shah, a significantly older married woman, his attempts to confide in her complicate his search for identity and maturity. Playworld follows one intense year of miseducation and emotional coming-of-age against the shifting backdrop of a city and era in flux.

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