Verificationist Paperback - 2011
by Donald Antrim; Introduction by George Saunders
A group of psychologists meet at a pancake house, where they engage in shop talk. At the center of the pyschobabble and unrequited lust sits Tom, a program coordinator. When Tom tries to initiate a food fight, a rival psychologist bear hugs him into submission, resulting in an out-of-body experience that leaves Tom hovering over his colleagues.
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With" The Verificationist, Donald Antrim, acclaimed author of The Hundred Brothers, confirms his place as one of America's strangest and fiercely intelligent young writers.
One April night, a group of psychologists from the Krakower Institute meet at a pancake house, where they order breakfast foods and engage in shop talk and the occasional flirtation. At the center of this maelstrom of pyschobabble and unrequited lust sits Tom, program coordinator for the Young Women of Strength, who has been known to sob uncontrollably at meetings. When Tom tries to initiate a food fight, a rival psychologist bear hugs him into submission, resulting in an out-of-body experience that leaves our Tom hovering over his colleagues. In the hands of Donald Antrim, this unique perspective becomes an exuberantly funny riff on our culture that does nothing less than expose the core of emotions underlying the most basic of human needs.
From the jacket flap
With" The Verificationist, Donald Antrim, acclaimed author of The Hundred Brothers, confirms his place as one of America's strangest and fiercely intelligent young writers.
One April night, a group of psychologists from the Krakower Institute meet at a pancake house, where they order breakfast foods and engage in shop talk and the occasional flirtation. At the center of this maelstrom of pyschobabble and unrequited lust sits Tom, program coordinator for the Young Women of Strength, who has been known to sob uncontrollably at meetings. When Tom tries to initiate a food fight, a rival psychologist bear hugs him into submission, resulting in an out-of-body experience that leaves our Tom hovering over his colleagues. In the hands of Donald Antrim, this unique perspective becomes an exuberantly funny riff on our culture that does nothing less than expose the core of emotions underlying the most basic of human needs.
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- Title Verificationist
- Author Donald Antrim; Introduction by George Saunders
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL
- Date 2011-11-22
- ISBN 9780312662141 / 0312662149
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Psychotherapists
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011025009
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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