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The Ensemble
Aja Gabel
The Pisces
Melissa Broder


The Ensemble is an addictive novel about four young friends navigating the cutthroat world of classical music and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love intertwine over the course of their lives.

A masterful blend of vivid realism and giddy fantasy, The Pisces is a story about falling in obsessive love with a merman: a figure of Sirenic fantasy whose very existence pushes Lucy to question everything she thought she knew about love, lust, and meaning in the one life we have.

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