The Passenger Seat, Vijay Khurana
The Passenger Seat, Vijay Khurana
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The Passenger Seat

Author: Vijay Khurana

Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/08/2025


Synopsis

A searing examination of male friendship and the broader social implications of masculinity in an age of toxic loneliness

Two teenagers leave their small town on a vaguely charted road trip through the northern wilderness, with little more than canned food, second-hand camping gear, and the rifle they buy for reasons neither can articulate. The more they handle the gun, and the farther they get from their parents and peers, girlfriends and online gaming, the less their actions—and the games, literal and metaphorical, they play—are bound by the usual constraints. When one decides to harass a young couple they meet on the highway, the encounter leads them down a road from which there's no coming back.

A searing examination of male friendship and masculinity in an age of toxic loneliness, The Passenger Seat introduces Vijay Khurana as an extraordinary new voice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suz on March 22, 2025

I was pleasantly surprised by this thought provoking novel. Drawn in immediately by two underwhelmingly and dissatisfied youth, who were bonded together by this unease with life, a dissatisfaction, an awkwardness. These traits created a general malaise about what they were like as young men. Not lik......more

Goodreads review by Mae Lees on March 16, 2025

Really smart. so many descriptions of smelly unwashed men. The feeling of ick lingers with me a few days after finishing this.......more

Goodreads review by Craig and Phil on July 11, 2025

Big thanks to Ultimo Press for sending us a copy to read and review. A snapshot of the desire to escape hometown shadows, misadventure and perceived maturity as two guys embark on a journey that will change futures and create physical and emotional turmoil. Adam and Teddy coupled with a huge dose of t......more

Goodreads review by Sara on October 25, 2024

Before the review I would like to thank Biblioasis and Edelweiss for giving me a digital reviw copy of this book. I really enjoyed reading this book. Thank you. This book is about friendship. This book is about loneliness. This book is about masculinity. And about trying to impress others. The spotlight......more

Goodreads review by Sammy on April 26, 2025

This was a read like no other—intensely powerful and deeply uncomfortable - and one of the most unsettling reading experiences I’ve ever had. From the very beginning, there is a foreboding dread that puts the reader on edge—almost unbearably so. We sense that violence is coming long before Adam and T......more