Ayad Akhtar

St. Louis County Library Foundation and Leviathan Bookstore Present Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Ayad Akhtar

Author of “The Radiance”

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and acclaimed novelist, Ayad Akhtar shares his most daring work yet–a visionary novel of spiritual transformation in an age of fracture. When a hit-and-run shatters more than his body, a writer is caught between revelation and madness as an uncanny pull toward a brilliant colleague ensnares him in scandal. What begins as a provocative portrait of academic and cultural warfare deepens into erotic entanglement, the exposure of a family secret, and the mystery surrounding the narrator’s accident—both the violence and its aftermath.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited; early arrival is highly recommended. This event is free and open to the public.

Books available from Leviathan Bookstore.