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Published on Dec 07, 1999 | 208 Pages
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Published on Dec 07, 1999 | 208 Pages
"Uproarious…one of the funniest writers around."–The New Yorker
Tad Leary has problems. Just fired from his job at a Manhattan private school, about to be evicted from his sublet, and stalled on his dissertation ("Social Hierarchies of Imaginary Places"), he wakes up on the Sunday before Christmas to realize he has seven parties to attend.
A trooper in jeans and a pressed white shirt, he sets off for brunch with his eccentric family, an afternoon performance-art piece by a friend sporting little more than a tattooed goatee, a dinner party where he runs into an ex-girlfriend, a late-night soiree where he spars with an ex-boyfriend, and more. With a charming combination of wit, wisdom–and just a little whimpering–Tad charts a survivalist’s course through Manhattan’s social hierarchies.
"A delight…. By turns zany and meditative, satirical and mellow…a gently bittersweet comedy."–Newsday
"A wise, hilarious stocking stuffer."–The Village Voice
Tad Leary has problems. Just fired from his job at a Manhattan private school, about to be evicted from his sublet, and stalled on his dissertation ("Social Hierarchies of Imaginary Places"), he wakes up on the Sunday before Christmas to realize he has seven parties to attend.
A trooper in jeans and a pressed white shirt, he sets off for brunch with his eccentric family, an afternoon performance-art piece by a friend sporting little more than a tattooed goatee, a dinner party where he runs into an ex-girlfriend, a late-night soiree where he spars with an ex-boyfriend, and more. With a charming combination of wit, wisdom–and just a little whimpering–Tad charts a survivalist’s course through Manhattan’s social hierarchies.
"A delight…. By turns zany and meditative, satirical and mellow…a gently bittersweet comedy."–Newsday
"A wise, hilarious stocking stuffer."–The Village Voice
Author
Mark O'Donnell
Mark O’Donnell was the author of Getting Over Homer, as well as two comic collections, Elementary Education and Vertigo Park and Other Tall Tales. His humor, cartoons, and poetry have appeared in The New Yorker, Spy, Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Times Magazine, and several of his plays have been produced on and off-Broadway. He died in 2012.
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