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In his recent TEV guest review of Home Land, Jim Ruland called Sam Lipsyte the "funniest writer of his generation," and we're quite inclined to agree. We tore through Home Land in two joyful sittings and can't remember the last time we've laughed so hard. Lipsyte's constellation of oddly sympathetic losers is rendered with a sparkling, inspired prose style that's sent us off in search of all his prior work. In Lewis Miner's (a.k.a Teabag) woeful epistolary dispatches to his high school alumni newsletter ("I did not pan out."), we find an anti-hero for the age. Highly, highly recommended.
Happy Holidays to you also. Thanks for another year of highly interesting reading. Congratulations on publishing your first novel. Best wishes for the New Year.
Posted by: Judy | December 23, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Happy holidays, Mark. Enjoy your well-earned time off.
Pamela
Posted by: Pamela | December 24, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Mark,
Enjoy your much earned rest. My very best during the holidays and the New Year.
Larry
Posted by: Larry | December 24, 2008 at 02:07 PM