wathohuc 's review for:

The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
3.0

This Pulitzer finalist is a decent book. It’s well-written and reads fairly easily. At times, it’s a bit scattered and choppy, which I believe is by design. I think it’s less about toxic masculinity, as some say, and more about the conflict between heartland America’s more traditional Christian social conservatism, and the progressive liberal sensibilities of non-Christian coastal elites.