A Little Life opens Goodreads in a new tab

Four college friends, Jude, Willem, JB and Malcolm, move to New York City to make their way. Over the decades their relationships deepen and are tested by success, addiction and loss. At the center is Jude, a brilliant and enigmatic man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma, whom his friends love and cannot fully reach. A sweeping novel about friendship, love, trauma and endurance. A Booker Prize and National Book Award finalist and winner of the Kirkus Prize.