The Bend of the World: A Novel

The Bend of the World: A Novel

â€œBacharach has a great comic voiceâ€• shrewd, deadpan, and dirtyâ€•and The Bend of the World fears no weirdness.â€â€•Sam Lipsyte
â€œMighty strange doingsâ€ mark the Pittsburgh of Jacob Bacharachâ€™s audacious and hilarious debut novel, a town where â€œyeti, UFOs, rumors of orgiastic rites, intimations of the Mayan apocalypse and â€˜psycho-temporal distortionsâ€™ add that extra zing to the bustling night lifeâ€ (James Wolcott). On the edge of thirty, and comfortably adrift in life, Peter Morrison finds his personal and professional life taking a turn for the weird as his attempts to transition into adulthood are thwarted by conspiracies both real and imagined. In this madcap coming-of-age novel, where no one quite comes of age, Bacharach brings an â€œimmensely entertainingâ€ and â€œVonnegut-like sensibilityâ€ (Library Journal ) to the â€œaptly surreal satireâ€ (Dan Chaon) of hipsters, corporations, and American life in the adolescent years of the twenty-first century. â€œA disarming, intelligent and seriously funny debut,â€ The Bend of the World â€œmarks the arrival of Jacob Bacharach as a writer to watchâ€ (Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
Country USA
Brand LIVERIGHT
Manufacturer Liveright
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-04-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781631490002

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