ETHER - BEN EHRENREICH (PAPERBACK) NEW

Praise for Ben Ehrenreich's first novelThe Suitors:"Smart and postmodern in a puckish, Calvino-like sense. . . . Ehrenreich writes with an ease and pure line-by-line skill that's rare."—The New York Times Book Review"Ehrenreich blends Tom Robbins' sly humor with Steve Erickson's bubbling sense of the subconscious and Voltaire's irreverent twists of plot."—Los Angeles Times Book Review"Ehrenreich shows the stirrings of an original talent."—Publishers Weekly"Brilliant, and at the same time moving. It's a relief to know that literature exists yet."—Juan GoytisoloA bearded man in a badly soiled suit known only as The Stranger wanders an apocalyptic landscape on the fringes of a dying metropolis, looking for a way to "get back on top." Thwarted and rejected at every turn by old friends and strangers alike—even by the author of this novel, whom he visits repeatedly in unsuccessful attempts to determine his own narrative&

Praise for Ben Ehrenreich's first novelThe Suitors:"Smart and postmodern in a puckish, Calvino-like sense. . . . Ehrenreich writes with an ease and pure line-by-line skill that's rare."—The New York Times Book Review"Ehrenreich blends Tom Robbins' sly humor with Steve Erickson's bubbling sense of the subconscious and Voltaire's irreverent twists of plot."—Los Angeles Times Book Review"Ehrenreich shows the stirrings of an original talent."—Publishers Weekly"Brilliant, and at the same time moving. It's a relief to know that literature exists yet."—Juan GoytisoloA bearded man in a badly soiled suit known only as The Stranger wanders an apocalyptic landscape on the fringes of a dying metropolis, looking for a way to "get back on top." Thwarted and rejected at every turn by old friends and strangers alike—even by the author of this novel, whom he visits repeatedly in unsuccessful attempts to determine his own narrative&