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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I really enjoyed reading about the New York I grew up in, seedy but beautiful. The main character was like an old friend, too smart for his own good and aimless. The ending felt like a bit of a cop-out to me. I definitely wasn't expecting it but what I'd come to expect from the characters was thrown away for a neat luke warm ending. Overall a quick and fun read. (  ) kurtkurt | Nov 29, 2009 |  A young slacker in New York loses his girlfriend and his job all in the same day. With nowhere to go and nothing but the clothes on his back, he spends the next few nights on a friend's couch, trying to piece together what he needs to do to survive. This novel narrates his ever-increasing downward spiral through the darker world of New York and his eventual escape into normalcy. A very engaging dark comedy, and the perfect choice to read while sitting in the juror room at the Superior Court. (  ) ocgreg34 | Nov 1, 2009 | Sparsely written, 'The Fuck-Up' provides a slightly sad view of New York, told from the point of view of a loser protaganist. We follow him around the city whiles he gets himself into various unfortunate escapades. I felt sorry for the guy, and although thought more would be 'going on' in the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. ( )1  plasticniki | Dec 20, 2007 | With a title like the Fuck-Up, I was not expecting a freakin Mother Goose story. This is the kind of book you picture grad students in thier late 20's reading at an uber-cool coffee shop in the Village before checking out the latest underground indie film at the Angelika. It might sound like I disliked it, but it was a fun read. Some very funny moments and some all too real memories as the central figure tries to get a girl and get a job, but has no luck with either. He does wind up working at an XXX theatre, so there is a silver lining in there afterall. Not much of a plot, this would have been better off as a 2-part series in the Village Voice, but it does feature some self-loathing, misanthropic writing. ( ) HvyMetalMG | Aug 22, 2007 | The first half of the book started out slowly and was not as captivating as the last half. However, the buildup worked well and really gets you engaged about halfway through. Eventually, you wont want to put it down. ( ) jennstarr12 | Aug 16, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0671027638, Paperback)Arthur Nersesian's underground literary treasure is an unforgettable slice of gritty New York City life...and the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He's a perennial couch-surfer, an aspiring writer searching for himself in spite of himself, and he's just trying to survive. But life has other things in store for the fuck-up. From being dumped by his girlfriend to getting fired for asking for a raise, from falling into a robbery to posing as a gay man to keep his job at a porno theater, the fuck-up's tragi-comedy is perfectly realized by Arthur Nersesian, who manages to create humor and suspense out of urban desperation. "Read it and howl," says Bruce Benderson (author of User), "and be glad it didn't happen to you."(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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