It's about how we bond with those friends who help us beat back the bastards of life. In his own words, here is Anthony Breznican's Book Notes music playlist for his novel, Brutal Youth:īrutal Youth is a resistance story, a dark coming-of-age tale about good kids who go bad while trying to survive at a corrupt and crumbling Catholic high school. Stream a playlist of these songs at Spotify. "Debut author (and senior staff writer at Entertainment Weekly) Breznican captures a perfect balance of horror, heartbreak, and resilience and takes the high school novel into deeper places." Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Myla Goldberg, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others.Īnthony Breznican's Brutal Youth is an impressive debut, a novel that cleverly depicts the joys and terrors of high school life. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
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