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Jason Porter
Jason Porter was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1972, and grew up in nearby Ann Arbor. After a brief career as an online news editor (Yahoo! News and The New York Times) and a less brief non-career as a rock musician, Jason completed an MFA in Fiction at Hunter College. Now he writes fiction,... show more

Jason Porter was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1972, and grew up in nearby Ann Arbor. After a brief career as an online news editor (Yahoo! News and The New York Times) and a less brief non-career as a rock musician, Jason completed an MFA in Fiction at Hunter College. Now he writes fiction, mostly in odd shapes and sizes. His first novel, Why Are You So Sad?, was shortlisted for the Paris Literary Prize, and was published by Plume in early 2014. He lives in Brooklyn, with his girlfriend and their two dogs.
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EpicFehlReader rated it 9 years ago
Porter’s uproarious, intelligent debut centers on Raymond Champs, an illustrator of assembly manuals for a home furnishings corporation, who is charged with a huge task: To determine whether or not the world needs saving. It comes to him in the midst of a losing battle with insomnia — everybody he k...
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