Waiting for the Man

By sheer coincidence, I read this book right after reading Joshua Ferris' novel The Unnamed (which is about a man who ends up walking away from his life for reasons beyond his control). Waiting for the Man tackles a similar theme. In this case, an advertising copywriter named Joe, who has become a m......more

There's no other book like this one, there simply isn't. It's an important book for today's cultural obsession with self-fulfillment and success. To be continued.........more

This is not a good book. This made the Giller long list in 2014, and I have no idea why. Other than an interesting concept (about a guy who gives up everything to follow a voice he starts hearing), this book was annoying. The first third kind of intrigued me, as I wondered where the story would go,......more

I thought the premise of this book was very creative, and I appreciated the messages that were peppered throughout. You can find many things in this book, from spirituality to a profound sadness as people desperately wait for direction in their lives. My only issue was that the journey lagged now an......more

Long-time readers will probably know how often I like to go out on a limb and suggest some fairly outlandish things––making presumptions about deeper meanings or even an author’s mentality when settling in on specific techniques used. While the discussions that result can sometimes feel not far off......more