Adios, Nirvana — Conrad Wesselhoeft

Jonathan barely survives the death of his twin in this gritty novel with an unforgettable voice.

When you piss off a bridge into a snowstorm, it feels like you're connecting with eternal things . . . But who? The Druids? Walt Whitman? No, I pay homage to one person only, my brother, my twin.

In life. In death.

Telemachus.

Since the death of his brother, Jonathan's been losing his grip on reality. Last year's Best Young Poet is now Taft High School's resident tortured artist, when he bothers to show up. But his English teacher, his principal, and his crew of friends won't sit back and let him fail.