by Jess Walter
Jess Walter is a writer who refuses to write books that will allow him to be pigeon-holed. His Citizen Vince is the darkly funny and oddly warm story of Vince Camden, a low-level hoodlum relocated by the Witness Protection Program to Spokane from New York, coming to terms with his new environment ...
All the reviews of this say that it's hilarious, a laugh riot. So funny! I didn't laugh even once. This is maybe the saddest book I've ever read, or at least the most poignant. I'm approximately the same age as Walter, and prey to the same generational conceits, fears, and acting out. There's a lot ...
I'm giving this four stars because something about the way it was written really clicked with me. It's a little frustrating to not be able to pinpoint it better than that. The story flowed well and felt very real. I love the idea of financial advice in the form of poetry, but it seems like a featur...
Jess Walter is a fantastic writer and very funny. Can't believe he only just now crossed my radar. [full review]"There are these lakes in Northern Idaho that are supposed to be bottomless; the Navy used to do submarine training there. They'd think they had found the bottom and then a submarine would...
When my back is against the wall, when events have grain by grain aggregated into an avalanche of shit raining down on my head and I'm looking for that one perfect plot to escape doom, do NOT:a) bet it all on black 37;b) go all-in with Joe Mantegna;c) seduce a drifter to kill my significant other; d...
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