Join Novel Ideas for a reading group discussion of “The Nix” by Nathan Hill!

It’s 2011, and Samuel Andresen-Anderson—college professor, stalled writer—hasn’t seen his mother, Faye, in decades, not since she abandoned the family when he was a boy. Now she’s reappeared, having committed an absurd crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the internet and inflames a politically divided country. To save her, Samuel will have to embark on his own journey, uncovering long-buried secrets about the woman he thought he knew, secrets that stretch across generations and have their origin all the way back in Norway, home of the mysterious Nix—a mythical white horse that steals children. From the suburban Midwest to New York City to the 1968 riots that rocked Chicago and beyond, “The Nix” explores—with sharp humor and a fierce tenderness—the resilience of love and home, even in times of radical change.