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Former Texas resident and current Rolling Stone editor Julia Holmes earned glowing acclaim for this darkly humorous dystopian novel. Ben has just returned from a war waged against a nameless enemy. To avoid being nabbed by police and forced to work in a factory, he'll need to find a wife. But to do that, he must wear a bachelor's suit-and the tailor won't make one for him. "The novel is a postmodern parable about American passion and paranoia, like The Great Gatsby as told by Don DeLillo."-New York Observer
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"Unbelievably sad. You just want to shake everyone in this book and scream "SPEAK TO EACH OTHER!" right in their face. So yes, the title makes a lot of sense."
— Charles (4 out of 5 stars)
Meeks Listener Reviews
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" Seriously, the best book I read last year, read it in one sitting and was totally blown away, Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' meets 1984. "
— Nicholas, 2/15/2014 -
" Small, sad, strange, lyrical. I quite liked this book and will read more by Ms Holmes as she writes it. "
— Avra, 2/1/2014 -
" A fun read, but I ultimately felt like the dystopian qualities were in place to distract from narrative and syntactic/stylistic shortcomings. This may have worked if the "in situ" feeling of the work gave way a little bit and we learned more about the world that Holmes created, but we never leave that narrative position, making the reader look for something else to be engaged by and finding, unfortunately, not much. "
— Robert, 1/15/2014 -
" Absolutely original. And guess who drew that cover?!?! Starts with a Robyn... "
— Robyn, 1/12/2014 -
" Proof that my love of dystopic literature only goes so far. I feel like nothing really *happened* in this book, which isn't really true, but it was more vignette-y than linear plot-ty, and I like all plot all the time. I wish there had been more about why the society was set up the way it was. "
— Sarah, 1/7/2014 -
" Reminded me of Beckett. Which from me is not a compliment. "
— Sarah, 12/19/2013 -
" Weird and wonderful! Review forthcoming... "
— Jim, 12/15/2013 -
" abandoned this book - didn't like "
— Kelly, 11/19/2013 -
" There is a mediocre short story hiding somewhere inside this tedious novel. "
— Meghan, 11/14/2013 -
" The originality of this novel is astonishing. Must read. "
— Claire, 11/4/2013 -
" I abandoned this book after 70 pages. I hated it. "
— Jessica, 3/28/2013 -
" tried and tried again to read this. i dont mind the dystopian setting, but completely agree with another reviewer-its almost too depressing. I have since given up trying to finish reading it. it was just tedious. "
— Eileen, 10/16/2012 -
" Excellent voyage into a world completely from the the mind of Holmes. Reminded me of Kafka and Orwell. "
— Tom, 6/5/2012 -
" More Orwellian than Kafkaesque. "
— Vic, 5/7/2012 -
" good cover....disappointing book "
— Lewis, 10/16/2011 -
" Absolutely original. And guess who drew that cover?!?! Starts with a Robyn... "
— Robyn, 8/19/2011 -
" Seriously, the best book I read last year, read it in one sitting and was totally blown away, Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' meets 1984. "
— Nicholas, 7/7/2011 -
" There is a mediocre short story hiding somewhere inside this tedious novel. "
— Meghan, 7/4/2011 -
" abandoned this book - didn't like "
— Kelly, 12/13/2010 -
" Reminded me of Beckett. Which from me is not a compliment. "
— Sarah, 10/8/2010 -
" Excellent voyage into a world completely from the the mind of Holmes. Reminded me of Kafka and Orwell. "
— Tom, 9/30/2010 -
" Small, sad, strange, lyrical. I quite liked this book and will read more by Ms Holmes as she writes it. "
— Avra, 9/24/2010
About the Narrators
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.
Jefferson Mays, an Earphones Awards-winning narrator, is also an award-winning theater and film actor. In 2004 he won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and a Theatre World Award for his solo Broadway performance in I Am My Own Wife, a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Doug Wright. He holds a BA from Yale College and an MFA from University of California–San Diego.
Scott Sowers is an actor and audiobook narrator. AudioFile magazine named him the 2008 Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense. He is the winner of seven Earphones Awards.
Tom Stechschulte (1948–2021) was an acclaimed narrator and winner of the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He had been a college athlete and business major when a friend dared him to audition for a play. He got the part and traded the locker room for the dressing room, eventually taking him to New York City and to recording audiobooks.