Self-indulgent asshole: I’m completely fine with that for a main character. His anxieties and feelings on parenting are, frankly, spot on at times. That, and the level of basically choosing to ignore what’s going on in the world as being above it, and not having the time in your artistry to concern...
Who is Rich? An insufferable dolt, mostly. Lazy, judgmental, selfish beyond words. Three hundred pages of bitching and moaning because he, a forty-something man, is only just learning that sometimes life is dull and sometimes people aren't perfect. It might be easier to sympathize with him as a frus...
I used to like Matthew Klam, but this collection didn't age well. I think most of his misogynist protagonists would argue that *I* didn't age well.