Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel by Paul Neilan (English) Paperback Boo

Description: Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan This gut-wrenchingly funny debut novel is about disillusionment, indifference, and one mans desperate fight to assign absolutely no meaning to modern life. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A scathingly funny debut novel about disillusionment, indifference, and one mans desperate fight to assign absolutely no meaning to modern life. The only thing Shane cares about is leaving. Usually on a Greyhound bus, right before his life falls apart again. Just like he planned. But this time its complicated: theres a sadistic corporate climber who thinks shes his girlfriend, a rent-subsidized affair with his landlords wife, and the bizarrely appealing deaf assistant to Shanes cosmically unstable dentist. When one of the women is murdered, and Shane is the only suspect who doesnt care enough to act like he didnt do it, the question becomes just how hell clear the good name he never had and doesnt particularly want: his own. "The malaise of cubicle culture may be well-trodden comedic territory by now, but Neilans debut skewers office life with a flourish for the grotesque." --The Village Voice Author Biography PAUL NEILAN recently left his mind-numbing job at an insurance company in Portland, Oregon, where he spent most of his time hiding in the bathroom and weeping. Born of this and many, many other humiliations, Apathy and Other Small Victories is his first novel. Review "Comprising 50% sheer brilliance, 50% distilled cynicism, and 50% coronary-inducing humor, Apathy and Other Small Victories has more life, laughs, and story on every page than should be possible. A heartbreakingly funny paean to supercharged nihilism, its the best book youll read in years, and the funniest novel ever. If you dont love it, theres something wrong with you, and if you do, there is also something wrong with you--but you wont care." --Max Barry, author of Company "Neilans wit is a razor that cuts and slashes mercilessly on every single page, in every single paragraph, so that your fingers will bleed even as the tears of laughter soak your face. So basically, youll be reduced to a bloody, weeping mess, madly reading whole pages aloud as friends and family shake their heads and slowly back away." --Jonathan Tropper, author of Everything Changes "Neilan spins sparkling comic riffs on the tawdriness and sterility of American life." --Publishers Weekly "The malaise of cubicle culture may be well-trodden comedic territory by now, but Neilans debut skewers office life with a flourish for the grotesque." --The Village Voice Review Quote The malaise of cubicle culture may be well-trodden comedic territory by now, but Neilans debut skewers office life with a flourish for the grotesque. Details ISBN0312352190 Author Paul Neilan Short Title APATHY & OTHER SMALL VICTORIES Language English ISBN-10 0312352190 ISBN-13 9780312352196 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.6 Year 2007 Subtitle A Novel DOI 10.1604/9780312352196 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2007-06-26 NZ Release Date 2007-06-26 US Release Date 2007-06-26 UK Release Date 2007-06-26 Pages 240 Publisher Saint Martins Griffin,U.S. Publication Date 2007-06-26 Imprint Saint Martins Griffin,U.S. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:12640794;

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