Critical Praise

"The funniest way-we-live-now book of the year."

—Time Magazine

"A deliciously antic tale of an American dream gone very sour...part noir gumshoe, part average Joe, [Matt Prior] is a sharp, wide-eyed, soulful observer, with a keen eye for the layers of bureaucracy and doublespeak...The novel delivers a scathing indictment of our country’s character and the ‘ruined systems’ we labor under."

—Washington Post

"Would be so sad if it weren’t so funny, and so funny if it weren’t so sad. . . . Compassionate, witty and drawn from today’s heartless world, it’s a terrific book."

—Arizona Republic

"An extremely funny novel…a very smart meditation on what’s gone wrong with both the US economy and those of us who are expected to keep it running…You may guffaw as you read, but you also share the aching comprehension that Matt Prior is simply a likable everyman, swamped by an economy and an anything-goes, play-now-pay-later society…cleverly designed and immensely entertaining."

—Christian Science Monitor