The critically acclaimed novel from a master of contemporary American fiction - now available as an audiobook: a funny, candid look at the beginning of a promising literary career launched remarkably early

Being a teenage literary prodigy is hard. Richard Goodman may have a book contract at 17, but his parents don?t respect his opinions, he can?t lose his virginity, and his ego inflates and deflates with every breath. Even when Richard receives the attention he craves, he finds that fame and fortune can?t deliver him from his own flaws.

The Work Is Innocent is Yglesias?s fictional take on his own freakishly precocious literary coming-out as a teen. Written with startlingly self-assured prose and unflinching self-awareness, this novel explores the hilarious and harrowing complications of youthful success.