See Friendship by Jeremy Gordon is a complex and thought provoking take on the “truths” about friendship and memory.
Jacob Goldberg, a 30-something culture writer for a website of medium renown, is trying to stay relevant in the increasingly competitive media world. While brainstorming ideas for a podcast series, Jacob learns new details about the unexpected death of Seth Terry, one of his best friends from high school. Shocked by the revelation that Seth overdosed, Jacob fixates on the events leading up to the well-liked Seth’s death, which he decides to make the subject of his podcast. Jacob pieces together a narrative through interviews with former classmates, investigating what part Lee—Seth’s friend and drug dealer—played in Seth’s demise.
Read more about this quietly intriciate title in my Bookpage review.
If See Friendship interests you, check out:
We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Topeka School: by Ben Lerner