Books by Joshua Ferris
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review 1: Joshua Ferris's new novel is actually three books rolled into one, and unfortunately it's not a good thing in this case. The first 50-odd pages are breezy, the jokes work well and there's a sweet sense of melancholia. Trouble begins once the religious hullabaloo and the never-end...
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review 1: The strangest book I read this year, it's the story of a prosperous lawyer with a happy family life who cannot stop his legs from walking--out of meetings and domestic situations, and into new towns and states before he collapses of exhaustion and calls his wife. His condition ge...
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review 1: Interesting, if not slightly sad, story about a man who has a strange illness that compels him to walk and walk and walk until he needs to sleep. It strains his marriage and affects his career, obviously, and eventually takes over his life, more or less. There's also a subplot o...