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The Men Can't Be Saved : A Novel by Ben Purkert (2023, Hardcover) 52600 Overlook
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
1419767135
ISBN-13
9781419767135
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14058797715
Product Key Features
Book Title
Men Can't Be Saved : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Satire, Jewish, Humorous / General
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-932347
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20240808
Reviews
A brilliant skewering of modern-day masculinity. Wildly gripping, charmingly funny, bone-hard, and real. Purkert is the kind of writer whose work I'll follow anywhere., In his blistering... debut novel, Ben Purkert paints a compelling portrait of the gallingly hubristic and increasingly frustrating Seth Taranoff, an amateur copywriter who treats his burgeoning career as though it were life and death....In Purkert's hands, Seth... is equal parts funny and pathetic, engendering sympathy and pity from the reader sometimes within the very same sentence. The Men Can't Be Saved sits right at the intersection where Mad Men ambition meets an epic, existential meltdown., "Purkert immerses his reader in the colorful advertising industry while posing questions about masculinity, work culture, and addiction."-- THE BOSTON GLOBE, Funny, witty, and incisor-sharp, Purkert nails down the hypocrisies of modern masculinity and capitalism with the graceful hand of a poet. This novel says so much so well about the absurd moment in which we, grudgingly, live., Ben Purkert sure knows what he's doing. One of many novels grappling with the alienating forces of the attention economy, it's also a cathartic workplace read., "[Purkert's] forebears are the likes of Teddy Wayne, Joshua Ferris, Sam Lipsyte and Gary Shteyngart, all of whom have written brash and funny satires of family, workplaces and masculinity gone off the rails. That crowd of Gen X writers were in turn inspired by the schlemiel-like heroes of Saul Bellow and Philip Roth....[Purkert is]a sharply funny observer of male foibles, 20-something angst, and the modern workplace."-- WASHINGTON POST, "A 21st-Century Catcher in the Rye that examines the 'genius' worship and toxic masculinity still dominating the advertising world today. [A] muscular novel . . . startlingly funny thanks to an unforgettable narrator [with a] Jupiter-sized ego."-- ESQUIRE, A laugh-out-loud romp about masculinity, sex, and obsession. This is a hilarious expose about how society views working hard. Purkert cuts deep and his prose leaps off the praise., [ The Men Can't Be Saved ] is incredibly pleasurable to read. In a culture of omnipresent toxic masculinity, perhaps there is something cathartic about it. Yet Purkert's depiction of these men is unsettling, prompting some important questions: What do we do with the toxic men in our own lives? How do we help them help themselves?... The men, in other words, are not alright. Whether or not this is a fixable problem is precisely the question Purkert raises -- and it's up to us to find answers., The Men Can't Be Saved is an experience that transcends the act of reading fiction. It is, in many ways, an indictment, a call to self-examine and ask questions that might lead one to stumble towards some useful action. But it manages this while still being playful, while still being lighthearted, and while still being generous to both the reader and the many worlds the reader is stepping into. Beyond all of the delightful inner machinery of the book, what I love most about Purkert's writing--across genres--is that it manages to find a perfect line between a voice that is confident, but also grounding itself in the realities of uncertain living. That is a gift, and it shines through these pages., "A witty, warm, riotously timely debut of young men (mis)behaving... Philip Roth would have loved this novel."-- Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning author of Zero Sum: Stories
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Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
* A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2023 * NYLON * THE MILLIONS * LITHUB * DEBUTIFUL * AND MORE! * "Blistering . . . Mad Men ambition meets an epic, existential meltdown." -- VANITY FAIR, 20 Best Books of 2023 "[Purkert is] a sharply funny observer of male foibles, 20-something angst, and the modern workplace." -- WASHINGTON POST "A 21st-Century Catcher in the Rye . . . startlingly funny." -- ESQUIRE "I laughed more times than I can count . . . A phenomenal debut novel by one of my favorite writers." --CLINT SMITH, #1 Ne w York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls? Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral. He's the agency's hottest new star, or at least he wants his coworker crush to think so. But while he's busy drooling over his future corner office, the walls crumble around him. When his job lets him go, he can't let go of his job. Unfortunately, one former colleague can't let him go either: Robert "Moon" McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a frat house than a boardroom. Seth tries to forget Moon and rediscover his spiritual self; he studies Kabbalah with an Orthodox rabbi by day while popping illegal prescription pills by night. But with each misstep, Seth strays farther from salvation--though he might get there, if he could only get out of his own way. In his debut novel, Purkert incisively peels back the layers of the male ego, revealing what's rotten and what might be redeemed. Brimming with wit, irreverence, and soul-searching, The Men Can't Be Saved is a startlingly original examination of work, sex, addiction, religion, branding, and ourselves.
LC Classification Number
PS3616.U783M46 2023
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