First things first: Susan Choi’s “Flashlight,” her first novel since National Book Award-winning “Trust Exercise,” is almost nothing like “Trust Exercise.” There’s no reason it should be, of course, ...

In her latest book, Susan Choi—who’s skilled at exploring sex and alienation in academic settings—turns her attention to a performing-arts high school in 1980s Texas, where two aspiring actors get ...

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“Trust Exercise” by Susan Choi was the winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction. The national bestseller is full of narrative twists, surprises, and head-scratchers as it follows the lives ...