Rejection
By Tony Tulathimutte
Harry Hartog's review
Once in a blue moon we get a book dubbed 'a tale for the internet generation' and they have always been a miss. This one however is so on the money it hurts to read. If each story had been published as a work of non-fiction I would 100% believe these people (characters) were real. The writing is exacting, and I was so uncomfortable I kept sliding down my seat cringing, groaning & gaging. Why? Because this is what the internet has created. This is the guy in your fem-lit class, this is the baby Musk, this is the girl who can't get a grip. I could write an essay about this book there is so much to unpack, but just read it. It is perfection - Lauren, Subscriptions
Description
'Extremely dark ... laugh-out-loud funny' GUARDIAN
'The funniest book I've read for a long time' DAVID NICHOLLS
'Twistedly funny' VINCENZO LATRONICO
'Utterly ruthless' NEW YORK TIMES
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION
Written with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a loser's manifesto, Rejection radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself.
We see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious nihilism as he realises that his feminism isn't getting him laid and a young woman's unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession. As these characters pop up in each other's dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our delusions can warp our desire for connection.
A Book of the Year in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New Yorker, NPR, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Electric Literature and more.
'Blistering ... takes a magnifying glass to the mind of the internet age' VOGUE
'An excruciating examination of modern losers in psychic distress' THE TIMES
'Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of In the Dream House
'Audacious and painful and addictive ... I loved it' RUFI THORPE, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles
'The funniest, darkest thing - it's like Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground meets Instagram' ST. VINCENT
'You will be crawling out of your skin from the very first words' JIA TOLENTINO, author of Trick Mirror
- ISBN:
- 9780008759414
- Format:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 240
- Published:
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint:
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Weight:
- 380 g