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A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a poignant novel about fathers, sons and the embers of the American dreamCharlie Barnes is a mid-century man devoted to his newspaper and his landline. But Charlie is about to get dragged into our troubled age by his storyteller son, who has a different idea of h ...Show more
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
From National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris comes a "brilliant, funny," and "heartbreaking" novel about a modern American family and a man on a secret mission to uncover the world's hidden truths--until his two lives come crashing together (Andrew Greer, author of Less). Someone is telling the sto ...Show more
A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
From a National Book Award Finalist comes a "compassionate" novel about a modern American family and a man on a secret mission to uncover the world's hidden truths--until his two lives come crashing together (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes ...Show more
Dinner Party and Other Stories by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
'He reflected in future retrospect on the evening and foretold every gesture, every word. "I can't do it," he said. "I can predict everything that will happen from the moment they arrive to the little kiss on the cheek goodbye and I just can't goddamn do it."' The Dinner Party immerses us in the comic ...Show more
The Dinner Party by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
'He reflected in future retrospect on the evening and foretold every gesture, every word. "I can't do it," he said. "I can predict everything that will happen from the moment they arrive to the little kiss on the cheek goodbye and I just can't goddamn do it."'The Dinner Party immerses us in the comic an ...Show more
The Dinner Party - Stories by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearThe first collection of short stories from the critically acclaimed, prize-winning author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. These eleven stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, a ...Show more
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
Tim Farnsworth is a handsome, healthy man, ageing with the grace of a matinee idol. He loves his work. He loves his family. He loves his kitchen. And then one day he stands up and walks out on all of it. He cannot stop walking. And, as his body propels him relentlessly forward, deep into the unfamiliar ...Show more
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Street Art
We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen' They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers the ...Show more
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
Category: Fiction
Introducing Paul O'Rourke: New Yorker, dentist and reluctant non-believer. Modern life disappoints him, and love never solves any of his problems. Then someone steals his identity and starts impersonating Paul online. A cruel invasion of privacy, the real horror is yet to come: this virtual 'Paul', prea ...Show more
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