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  The Passenger Seat, Khurana Vijay
  Biblioasis, 9781771966306, March 4, 2025 (Fiction)
  

  “A coming-of-age novel for today — a shocking, poignant picture of despondency. Exceptional read.”

  —Shelley Lowe, Monkey and Dog Books, Fort Worth, TX
  
  

  “The Passenger Seat asks readers to join two teen boys in a joyride to nowhere, as they light out for the territories with Chekov’s gun behind the front seat, and the tension only grows as we watch the duo careen straight off the proverbial cliff. Khurana’s debut novel rumbles and whines like a ‘67 Impala, and readers will long for their seatbelts as it peels off toward its inevitable conclusion.”

  —Austin Carter, Pocket Books Shop, Lancaster, PA
  

   

  “I was gripping the pages while reading this book. You can feel the tension coming off the page. You know something is going to happen, you’re just not sure what. An interesting look at masculinity and male friendships.”

  —Kim Brock, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH

   

  “With a beautiful tension, the sophisticated yet direct prose pulls you further and further into Teddy’s and Adam's journey as you wait for the inevitable. A great debut!”

  —Randy Schiller, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO