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A funny autobiographical tale about growing up in the digital age, from a groundbreaking author whose writing is “reminiscent of early Douglas Coupland, or early Bret Easton Ellis” (The Guardian)Set mostly in Manhattan - although also featuring Atlantic City, Brooklyn, GMail Chat, and Gainsville, Florida - this autobiographical novella, spanning two years in the life of a young writer with a cultish following, has been described by the author as "A shoplifting book about vague relationships," "2 parts shoplifting arrest, 5 parts vague relationship issues," and "An ultimately life-affirming book about how the unidirectional nature of time renders everything beautiful and sad."From VIP rooms in hip New York City clubs to central booking in Chinatown, from New York University's Bobst Library to a bus in someone's backyard in a college town in Florida, from Bret Easton Ellis to Lorrie Moore, and from Moby to Ghost Mice, it explores class, culture, and the arts in all their American forms through the funny, journalistic, and existentially-minded narrative of someone trying to both "not be a bad person" and "find some kind of happiness or something," while he is driven by his failures an

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Author

Tao Lin

Publisher

Melville House Publishing

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933633787

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry

Rating

3.13 / 5 (3,003 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14