{"product_id":"9780008759384","title":"Rejection by Tulathimutte, Tony","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tulathimutte, Tony\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 April 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 190g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e˜A thrill for the sickos among us' JIA TOLENTINO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜Utterly inimitable' RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜Unrelentingly brutal and gut-bustingly funny and spares no one' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜Symbiotically serious and funny' MEGAN NOLAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜A wild, brutally funny chain of stories about people coming apart' JACK EDWARDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An audacious and original novel-in-stories following a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Sharply observant and outrageously funny, Rejection is a provocative plunge into the thorniest problems of modern life: sex, relationships, identity and the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious and debilitating nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that his feminism isn't getting him laid; a young woman's unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of both her sense of self and her group chat; and witness a shy late bloomer's flailing efforts at a first relationship lead to a life-upending mistake. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a losers' manifesto, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Book of the Year in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New Yorker, NPR, Time Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Electric Literature and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜A book of mad, madcap genius' GARTH GREENWELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ˜Tulathimutte is a big talent'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜Blistering ¦ takes a magnifying glass to the mind in the internet age'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜There's a volatile thrill to the writing ¦ snortingly funny'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜Obsessively readable, acerbic, Foster Wallace“inflected'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e VANITY FAIR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ˜A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style ¦ audacious, original and highly disturbing'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57919296438653,"sku":"9780008759384","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9780008759384.jpg?v=1773241485","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008759384","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}