Palaver Tom of Finland B Is for Boredom

B Is for Boredom

While for many

But is the attention evenly matched

a 40-year-old "born again" virgin falling in lust with his 20-year-old former student ("How Stanley Got His Back in Groove")

But not quite in the way he'd always imagined

Palaver Tom of Finland B Is for BoredomFinalist for the National Book Award for Fiction "A heart wrenchingly honest, often luminescent exploration of how to find and cultivate true connections, sometimes in the unlikeliest of places . . . [Palaver is] an unshakable triumph." The Washington Post One of TIME's Must Read Books of 2025 and Kirkus' Best of Fiction 2025 One of The Washington Post's Best Fiction Books of the Year Named a Most Anticipated Book by the New York Times, New York,