To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is a novel by the American writer Joshua Ferris. The novel was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize[1] and won the 2014 Dylan Thomas Prize.[2] It centers on a New York City dentist who's obsessed with the Boston Red Sox and, variously, the religions of different girlfriends. The discovery that he's the victim of a strange sort of identity theft leads him into a darkly comic crisis of identity and meaning.
References[]
- ^ "Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson makes shortlist". BBC News. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas (7 November 2014). "Joshua Ferris wins Dylan Thomas prize". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
Categories:
- 2014 American novels
- Identity theft in popular culture
- Boston Red Sox
- Fictional dentists
- Little, Brown and Company books
- Novels set in New York City
- 2010s novel stubs