Stoned out of his skull—this is how we find washed-up New York magazine writer Digby Maxwell when he is offered a last chance to redeem himself by becoming editor of a small philosophy magazine headquartered in a rural Vermont college town. Digby's assignment is to make the magazine relevant to contemporary culture. For starters, that requires several more tokes, very deep tokes.
A wildly witty novel in the tradition of J. P. Donleavy and Nick Hornby, Nothing Serious takes serious potshots at Manhattan pop culture and academic small-mindedness, sexual obsessions and political correctness, twenty-first century alienation and philosophers ranging from Aristotle to Sartre.
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“Klein creates a tightly plotted comedic tale with a genuine emotional
center and a sharp satirical wit…Beneath the scabrous humor there is a
genuine love for all humanity…Nothing Serious is a short
sweet novel, equal parts intellect and comedy—perfect to read on
vacation or as a palate-cleanser for more heavy handed fare.”
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New York Journal of Books