I confess--I'm pretty tired today and it's no fault of Fat Tuesday's. Last night was the release party for Adam Wilson's debut novel, Flatscreen. A massive crowd of friends, fans, and bespectacled Brooklynites chowed down on dumplings and nearly spit out their red wine during what was arguably one of the funniest readings BookCourt ever hosted. Though I can personally testify to the comedic and literary value of this outstanding debut, you'd probably be better off listening to the critics. Here are just a few lovely things people have been saying about Flatscreen:
“An auspicious debut that promises, in Wilson, a standout addition to a new generation of writers.”— Booklist (starred review)
“Flatscreen is a bleakly funny and totally outrageous debut from an exciting new writer. Adam Wilson has written the slacker novel to end all slacker novels.”— Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers
“Comic novelist Adam Wilson makes his swaggering debut in Flatscreen.”— Vanity Fair
“Five things we emphatically endorse this month … a laugh-out-loud literary debut.”— Details
“Wilson gives us something depressingly hilarious and undeniably real....Low-level angst is still angst, and Wilson captures it perfectly.”— Time Out New York
“Flatscreen is the sort of novel we’ve heard nobody is able to write anymore: erudite and hilarious, raunchy and topical, and flat-out fun. Nicholson Baker meets Barthleme with a dash of Nabokov….[B]uy this altogether magical book.”— Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life
Flatscreen is on shelves now. Stop slacking and go read it!
PS: For Adam's favorite slacker novels, head on over to Flavorwire...
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