Trust Exercise : From the Booker-shortlisted author of Flashlight

Author: Susan Choi

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 25 June 2026 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent's Tail) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 272 pages
128 x 198 x 20 | 226g

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BOOKS OF THE YEARBoth inventive and shocking, Trust Exercise became a sensation on publication in the USA for its timely insights into sex, power and the nature of abuse. Sarah and David are in love - the obsessive, uncertain love of teenagers on the edge of adulthood. At their performing arts school, the rules are made by their magnetic drama instructor Mr Kingsley, who initiates them into a dangerous game. Two decades on we learn that the real story of these teenagers' lives is even larger and darker than we imagined, and the consequences have lasted a lifetime. Trust Exercise is a brilliant, unforgettable novel about what we lose, gain and never get over as we're initiated into the mysteries of adulthood.