Arthur Nersesian

Neresian’s surreal trip through modern-day Manhattan evokes Alice in Wonderland with its twisting, almost nonsensical plot. But even though its protagonist--a loser who names himself Joseph Aeiou--is a total douche, we still get caught up in his nightmare, as he is played for a fool by pretty much everyone he meets.

I LOVE THIS BOOK. I admit i picked it up because I saw that it said "fuck" in the title (great marketing), but when you crack it open it astounds. You then realize that you have only put it down because you there is nothing left to read. Its is so good that you find yourself wanting to read the very next word, sentence, paragraph, page, chapter. I can relate to the main character on so many levels yet at the same time i found myself screaming out "you dumb ass". By the end of the book you show more forget that you never do learn the name of the main character. In a way if you are reading it, and loving it as I did then the main character is you. This is indeed a real book for real people who have not had every thing in life handed to them; more over this is a quick and relative laugh for those of us who from time to tom "Fuck Up" show less

I do not see why I should give a gnat's fart about anyone of the characters in this novel except possibly Lynn. I certainly don't see why I should give a gnat's fart about the protagonist.

Orloff Trenchant is petty, jealous, obsessive, violent, possibly talented, and not someone I would ever care to interact with. Lynn is focused, ambitious, and self-aware. Exactly why is Or the hero?

The story which emerges in the last, oh, twenty pages, the one about Rita's terminal illness and her belief show more that heroin extended her life, that is an interesting story. That could be an interesting novel about self-delusion and family and illness, but no, we got the story about a straight white able-bodied man and the pain he goes through when women do not appreciate him as he deserves.

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I’m beginning to learn that the books my husband really likes and really wants me to read are usually books I really dislike. Here’s another example. A screwed-up artist, wandering without purpose in New York City, falls for a heroin addict who takes what little money he has for drugs and then ODs. My husband likes the books about the helpless women and the men who fruitlessly try to to take care of them. This author makes some particularly egregious (to me) writing mistakes, and his show more detailed rendition of his narrator’s every move, from dim sum to selling books to painting pictures, gets a little tiring. show less