EPISODE · May 13, 2014 · 3 MIN
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel by Joshua Ferris
from Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological · host Brenna Borer
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/211176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel Author: Joshua Ferris Narrator: Campbell Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Psychological Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris explores the absurdities of modern life and one man's search for meaning. Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God. Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online 'Paul' might be a better version of the real thing. As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual. At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.
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