If you want to get lost in a book...

Read You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik.  This is one of those can't-put-it-down books that forces you to remind yourself that the characters are fictional, because you find yourself caring deeply for them.  Will Silver is a teacher at an international school in Paris.  He's engaging, thoughtful, smart.  He cares about his students and the role he will play in their lives.  But he finds himself with a private life that differs greatly from the morality of him that others assume.  The story of his affair with a student is told through three perspectives in a literary novel of entirely unpretentious prose.  It is lilting, compelling, urgent and sensual.  And it's a wonderful way to get lost in words.