Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2014.
Paul O’Rourke is a New York dentist who admits to passions for baseball and one or two women. A bogus website is set up in his name and in trying to uncover the perpetrator he meets another ‘victim’. The group, an ancient sect, running the website, a hoax Facebook page and many email exchanges and tweets are called the Ulm, enemies of Jews, so the postings become very anti-Semitic. This is a ridiculous situation that gets progressively worse as Paul meddles and tries to resolve things. Paradoxically, in doing so, he seems able to make sense of his life. It is the sort of tale that would make a good TV sitcom, no thrills, no cliff hangers or excitement, just good fun, spot on observations and excellent writing.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2014. Joshua Ferris' dazzling new novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is about the meaning of life, the certainty of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene.
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour was written by Joshua Ferris and published by Viking an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour has 352 pages
