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Title Statement | The men can't be saved: a novel / Ben Purkert. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Men can not be saved Men cannot be saved |
Author | Purkert, Ben |
Publication | New York: The Overlook Press,2023. |
Extent of Item | 288 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781419767135 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07202847 |
Summary | "A rollicking debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls? Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral. But this professional triumph won't fix his personal life -- his coworker crush won't be seen with him, and his only comfort is in pills. When his job lets him go, he can't let go of his job. Thankfully, one former colleague can't let him go either: Robert "Moon" McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a dorm room than a boardroom. When Seth gets taken in by an overeager Orthodox rabbi, he tries to forget Moon and replace his professional ambitions with higher purpose -- but is he only digging himself deeper? In his debut novel, Purkert incisively explores two kinds of toxic masculinity: The guys who see no problem with their bad behavior, and those who don't see it as bad at all. Brimming with wit, irreverence, and soul-searching, The Men Can't Be Saved is a startlingly original examination of work, religion, sex, drugs, and ourselves"-- |
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By Topic | Advertising agencies--Fiction--Employees |
Advertising copy--Fiction | |
Advertising personnel--Fiction | |
Drug abuse--Fiction | |
Drug addicts--Fiction | |
Ego (Psychology)--Fiction | |
Jewish men--Fiction | |
Masculinity--Fiction | |
Men--Fiction | |
Men--Fiction--Psychology | |
Self-esteem in men--Fiction | |
Self-realization--Fiction | |
Unemployed--Fiction | |
By Genre | Psychological fiction |
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