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All About Lulu: A Novel Tenth Anniversary ed. Edition
Author(s): Jonathan Evison (Author), J. Ryan Stradal (Foreword)
- Publisher: Soft Skull
- Publication Date: March 13, 2018
- Edition: Tenth Anniversary ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1593762089
- ISBN-13: 9781593762087
Book Description
Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller: growing up vegetarian in a family of bodybuilders will do that to a person. But William is further weakened by the death of his mother, the arrival of a new step-mother, and his irrepressible crush on his new step-sister, Lulu. As Lulu faces down her own challenges, William watches his life shift into tumult and despair. Once Lulu departs for college, Will goes into the world to find himself--discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, enduring friendship, and, ultimately, his true calling. Emboldened by his turn as a late-night radio personality, Will rescues himself from the self-image of weakness he’d long wished to escape. This debut novel explores the fundamental difference between where we come from--and the endless possibilities of where we may go.
Now with an author's introduction and a foreword by J. Ryan Stadal.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Evison's debut novel of love and loss, growing up, throwing up and moving on is a stunner . . . Evison provides readers a viciously funny and deeply felt portrayal of a blended family and one man's thwarted longing." --
Publishers Weekly, starred review"Most novels in which a boy must oil up his bodybuilder father for competition would merit our attention, but that detail is just one of many amazements on offer in All About Lulu. Will the Thrill is a great literary charmer, and through his rich voice Jonathan Evison has concocted a funny and painfully honest piece of fiction." --Sam Lipsyte, author of
The Ask: A Novel, The Fun Parts: Stories"Jonathan Evison is a killer talent, and
All About Lulu is the kind of novel readers have been hungry for: Funny, smart, entertaining--an all around delight. Literary fiction needs more books like this; maybe then people would stop talking about the Death of the Novel and just read and enjoy themselves" ―Darin Strauss, author of Chang and Eng
