The Instructions: Scholar Bk. 2

by Adam Levin

This is the story of Gurion Maccabee, age ten. Gurion has been expelled from three Jewish day-schools for acts of violence and messianic tendencies. In just four days, from the moment he meets the beautiful Eliza June Watermark to the terrifying Events of November 17, his search for righteousness sparks a violent, unstoppable rebellion.

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First published September 1, 2012

About the author

Adam Levin’s debut novel, The Instructions, was published in late 2010. His stories have appeared in Tin House, McSweeney’s, and Esquire. Winner of the 2003 Tin House/Summer Literary Seminars Fiction Contest and the 2004 Joyce Carol Oates Fiction Prize, Levin holds an MA in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. His collection of short stories, Hot Pink, was published by McSweeney’s in 2011. He lives in Chicago, where he teaches writing at Columbia College and The School of the Art Institute.

Authorial Influences and Inspirations: Adam Novy, George Saunders, Leslie Lockett, Stanley Elkin, Christian TeBordo, Rebecca Curtis, Jerzy Kosinski, David Foster Wallace, Salvador Plascencia, Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, JD Salinger, and Katherine Dunn