A gut-punch of a debut about love and loss, and fighting for – and with – the only family you’ve got.
Alby’s flailing wildly against the world around him. He punches his sister (she deserved it), gets drunk and picks fights (all deserved), defends defenceless creatures large and small, and spews insults at children, slow drivers, old ladies and every single surviving member of his family.
With electrifying honesty and sly tenderness, Alby distills the anguish, the terror, the humour, and the strange grace he experiences in the aftermath of his mother’s death. But as he drinks, screws, and jokes his way through his pain and heartache, both his anger and his kindness bubble up when he, and we, least expect it.
Meet Alby.
Natural habitat: a bar; a boat; his bedroom; a broad's bedroom.
Favourite hobbies: starting fights (then losing them); hooking up with broads (then losing them); hating cats (it's a skill); training Gary the baby bird to be a killer (sort of).
Best kept secret: when his mum died it broke his hear and he doesn't really know what to do about it.
'Sumell's savage humour is thrilling'
New York Times
'Gloriously funny'
Literary Review
'Making Nice has an anarchic humour and a goofy, ingenious humanity that makes every page feel new'
Guardian
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Named a book of the year by BUSTLE and ELECTRIC LITERATURE Alby is Holden Caulfield in the Internet age. --Los Angeles Times Hailed as indelible by Entertainment Weekly, a cringe-inducingly funny (The Wall Street Journal) gut-punch of a debut about love, grief, and family unleashes one of the most comically arresting voices this side of Sam Lipsyte's Homeland (Publishers Weekly, starred review)In Matt Sumell's blazing first book, our hero Alby flails wildly against the world around him he punches his sister (she deserved it), unprotectos broads (they deserved it and liked it), gets drunk and picks fights (all deserved), defends defenseless creatures both large and small, and spews insults at children, slow drivers, old ladies, and every single surviving member of his family. In each of these stories Alby distills the anguish, the terror, the humor, and the strange grace or lack of he experiences in the aftermath of his mother's death. Swirling at the center of Alby's rage is a grief so big, so profound, it might swallow him whole. As he drinks, screws, and jokes his way through his pain and heartache, Alby's anger, his kindness, and his capacity for good bubble up when he (and we) least expect it. Sumell delivers a naked rendering of a heart sorting through its broken pieces to survive.*Making Nice is a powerful, full-steam-ahead ride that will keep you laughing even as you try to catch your breath; a new classic about love, loss, and the fine line between grappling through grief and fighting for (and with) the only family you've got.*Mark Richard. N° de réf. du vendeur 00109897744
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Hardback. Etat : Good. Named a book of the year by BUSTLE and ELECTRIC LITERATURE Alby is Holden Caulfield in the Internet age. --Los Angeles Times Hailed as indelible by Entertainment Weekly, a cringe-inducingly funny (The Wall Street Journal) gut-punch of a debut about love, grief, and family unleashes one of the most comically arresting voices this side of Sam Lipsyte's Homeland (Publishers Weekly, starred review)In Matt Sumell's blazing first book, our hero Alby flails wildly against the world around him he punches his sister (she deserved it), unprotectos broads (they deserved it and liked it), gets drunk and picks fights (all deserved), defends defenseless creatures both large and small, and spews insults at children, slow drivers, old ladies, and every single surviving member of his family. In each of these stories Alby distills the anguish, the terror, the humor, and the strange grace or lack of he experiences in the aftermath of his mother's death. Swirling at the center of Alby's rage is a grief so big, so profound, it might swallow him whole. As he drinks, screws, and jokes his way through his pain and heartache, Alby's anger, his kindness, and his capacity for good bubble up when he (and we) least expect it. Sumell delivers a naked rendering of a heart sorting through its broken pieces to survive.*Making Nice is a powerful, full-steam-ahead ride that will keep you laughing even as you try to catch your breath; a new classic about love, loss, and the fine line between grappling through grief and fighting for (and with) the only family you've got.*Mark Richard. N° de réf. du vendeur 00103390071
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