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Lädt ... The Men Can't Be Savedvon Ben Purkert
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"I laughed more times than I can count . . . A phenomenal debut novel by one of my favorite writers." -CLINT SMITH "Nails down the hypocrisies of modern masculinity and capitalism with the graceful hand of poet." -ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN "Purkert's writing is a gift and it shines through these pages." -HANIF ABDURRAQIB 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. Thankfully, 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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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He is one of those awful men who think women in the workplace are there for men to seduce. And he does, so he works with dim women. If he is what men are, no, they can’t be saved.
Ben Purkert set out to create a repugnant character that we will appreciated because he was such a complete screw-up. He mostly succeed. Seth Taranoff is repugnant and there is something hilarious in his lack of self-awareness. But it wears thin after a while and then he is just a jerk. About midway, after he haunted the recovery house where his barista coworker-obsession worked, all I wanted was for him to disappear in a vat of burning poo.
Stalkers are not endearing. I hated the main character who made the book almost unreadable.
I received an e-gally of The Men Can’t Be Saved from the publisher through Edelweiss
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