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The Ask : A Novel by Lipsyte, Sam is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ask : A Novel about?
A searing, beautiful, and deeply comic novel by a young American masterMilo Burke, a development officer at a third-tier university, has "not been developing": after a run-in with a well-connected undergrad, he finds himself among the burgeoning class of the newly unemployed. Grasping after odd jobs to support his wife and child, Milo is offered one last chance by his former employer: he must reel in a potential donor—a major "ask"—who, mysteriously, has requested Milo's involvement. But it turns out that the ask is Milo's sinister college classmate Purdy Stuart. And the "give" won't come cheap. Probing many themes— or, perhaps, anxieties—including work, war, sex, class, child rearing, romantic comedies, Benjamin Franklin, cooking shows on death row, and the eroticization of chicken wire, Sam Lipsyte's The Ask is a burst of genius by an author who has already demonstrated that the truly provocative and important fictions are often the funniest ones.A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Who reads The Ask : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lipsyte, Sam
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374298913
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor
- Rating
- 3.28 / 5 (5,433 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14