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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel

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Existential turmoil meets dry humor and baseball.

If you've had your fair share of identity crises or just love a story that makes you question the deeper aspects of life, "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" might just be the next book you can't put down. Joshua Ferris has a knack for blending the profound with the everyday, and his protagonist's journey—which, yes, involves a fake website—could give you a fresh outlook on the complexities of modern identity and our intrinsic need for connection.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2014)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel

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ISBN: 9780141047386
Authors: Joshua Ferris
Publisher: Penguin
Date of Publication: 2014-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.08
(rated by 15156 readers)

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A big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel about the mysteries of modern life by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris. Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God. Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online "Paul" might be a better version of the real thing. As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual. At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love, and truth, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.
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Existential turmoil meets dry humor and baseball.

If you've had your fair share of identity crises or just love a story that makes you question the deeper aspects of life, "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" might just be the next book you can't put down. Joshua Ferris has a knack for blending the profound with the everyday, and his protagonist's journey—which, yes, involves a fake website—could give you a fresh outlook on the complexities of modern identity and our intrinsic need for connection.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (2014)
  • Dylan Thomas Prize (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.