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Reservations Recommended (trade paperback)
Paperback, 290 Pages
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Peter Leroy constructs a plausible adult life for his grade school chum Matthew Barber, now living in Boston, where he is vice-president of a toy company by day, but becomes Bertram W. Beath, restaurant reviewer, when the sun goes down.
Reservations Recommended is a satire of the critical mind; a dark commentary on contemporary culture; a story of midlife crisis; a morality play; and a book that matches bleakness against humor, seasoned throughout with B. W. Beath’s hilariously acid reviews. We watch as Matthew Barber descends from a self-protective superiority into a species of madness, and into the dark night of the soul.
“A brilliant satire.”
LA Life
“A merciless sendup of contemporary American pretensions.’
Janice Harayda, Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Wonderfully readable . . . touching and intelligent.”
Richard Gehr, The Village Voice
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Product Details
- ISBN
- 9781105873423
- Copyright
- Eric Kraft (Standard Copyright License)
- Edition
- Second Babbington Press Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- The Babbington Press
- Published
- May 21, 2018
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 290
- Binding
- Perfect-bound Paperback
- Interior Ink
- Black & white
- Weight
- 1.09 lbs.
- Dimensions (inches)
- 6 wide x 9 tall
- Product ID
- 23653178
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