Summary
Joshua Ferris’s dazzling novel about the meaning of life, the certainty of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene.
Introducing Paul O’Rourke: New Yorker, dentist, and reluctant non-believer. Modern life disappoints him, and love never solves any of his problems. Then someone steals his identity and starts impersonating Paul online. A cruel invasion of privacy, but the real horror is yet to come: this virtual ‘Paul’ might just be a better, happier person than the real deal.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141047386 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141047380 |
| Author: | Ferris Joshua |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2014 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A genuinely funny book. Not funny in the wry-smirk way of so many ‘comic’ novels. Actually funny
A genuinely funny book. Not funny in the wry-smirk way of so many ‘comic’ novels. Actually funny * Telegraph *
Glorious … A very, very funny novel. If misanthropy’s going to come from anywhere it’s from a lifetime’s confrontation with halitosis * BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review *
Funny in the way that only really serious books can be * Guardian *
Genuine, funny, tragic and never dull. It’ll also leave you flossing with a vengeance – GQ
Smart, sad, hilarious and eloquent … a writer at the top of his game and surpassing the promise of his celebrated debut * Kirkus *
This is one of the funniest, saddest, sweetest novels I’ve read since Then We Came to the End. When historians try to understand our strange, contradictory era, they would be wise to consult To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. It captures what it is to be alive in early 21st-century America like nothing else I’ve read * Anthony Marra *
Very funny [and] highly entertaining … Josh Ferris is a gifted satirist and very much in touch with the fear and paranoia that undercut US society * Irish Times *
Geek-smart prose and wry humour … hilarious – Economist
Joshua Ferris has proved his astonishing ability to spin gold from ordinary air … As brave and adept as any writer out there * New York Times Book Review *
It’s a pleasure watching this young writer confidently range from the registers of broad punchline comedy to genuine spiritual depth … There’s a happy side effect to reading the novel, as well: If you’re a backslider like I was, it will guilt you into flossing again * Wall Street Journal *
Ferris Joshua
Joshua Ferris was born in Illinois in 1974. He is the author of:
- Then We Came to the End (2007), which was nominated for the National Book Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
- The Unnamed (2010), which was highly acclaimed.
- To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (2014), which won the Dylan Thomas Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
In 2010, he was selected for the New Yorker’s prestigious ‘20 under 40’ list. He lives in upstate New York.
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