The Idiot

by Elif Batuman

Book Overview

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book - Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

"Easily the funniest book I've read this year." --GQ

"Masterly funny debut novel . . . Erudite but never pretentious, The Idiot will make you crave more books by Batuman." --Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair

A portrait of the artist as a young woman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014311106X
• ISBN13: 9780143111061
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

incredible read

The Idiot is written beautifully and follows the tale of its protagonist in almost the same way a human thinks: bits and pieces of worthy narrative and odd chunks of superfluous but enriching detail. Its story is fantastic, but the way it is presented is even more so