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""Fine art, forgery, young friendship, and the perils of greed—Lucien is a closely observed and finely crafted campus thriller."" — Nick McDonell, author of Quiet Street “Simple but wonderful . . . authentic, pure and heartbreaking . . . (Thornton) is an exceptionally gifted young writer.” — Mo Yan, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, on Beautiful Country “An amazing piece of work, well written and clever but most of all, deeply honest and unvarnished.” — Fareed Zakaria, author of Age of Revolutions and host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, on Beautiful Country ""Beautiful Country is, in a word, beautiful. A novel with morality at the center, but absurdity all around."" — Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends and Super Sad True Love Story, on Beautiful Country

""Simple but wonderful . . . authentic, pure and heartbreaking . . . (Thornton) is an exceptionally gifted young writer."" -- Mo Yan, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, on Beautiful Country ""An amazing piece of work, well written and clever but most of all, deeply honest and unvarnished."" -- Fareed Zakaria, author of Age of Revolutions and host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, on Beautiful Country ""Beautiful Country is, in a word, beautiful. A novel with morality at the center, but absurdity all around."" -- Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends and Super Sad True Love Story, on Beautiful Country

“Simple but wonderful . . . authentic, pure and heartbreaking . . . (Thornton) is an exceptionally gifted young writer.” — Mo Yan, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature, on Beautiful Country “An amazing piece of work, well written and clever but most of all, deeply honest and unvarnished.” — Fareed Zakaria, author of Age of Revolutions and host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, on Beautiful Country ""Beautiful Country is, in a word, beautiful. A novel with morality at the center, but absurdity all around."" — Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends and Super Sad True Love Story, on Beautiful Country

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Born in London, J. R. Thornton graduated from Harvard College in 2014 where he studied history, English, and Chinese. An internationally ranked junior tennis player, he competed for Harvard and on the professional circuit. He was a member of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars, obtaining an M.A. from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He now lives in Italy, working for AC Milan. Lucien is his second novel.

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