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The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton
5.0

Dark and gorgeous and obsessive, along the lines of "The Secret History", "The World Cannot Give" is about a small choir at a stodgy Maine prep school. The choir members swear blood oaths to one another and vow to follow in the World Historical path of their idol, an alum who died at 19 leaving behind a classic novel. The beauty and clarity of their music and bonds cannot hold.