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* A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2023 * NYLON * THE MILLIONS * LITHUB * DEBUTIFUL * AND MORE! *

"Blistering . . . Mad Men ambition meets an epic, existential meltdown." --VANITY FAIR, 20 Best Books of 2023
"[Purkert is] a sharply funny observer of male foibles, 20-something angst, and the modern workplace." --WASHINGTON POST
"A 21st-Century Catcher in the Rye . . . startlingly funny." --ESQUIRE
"I laughed more times than I can count . . . A phenomenal debut novel by one of my favorite writers." --CLINT SMITH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed

A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls?

Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral. He's the agency's hottest new star, or at least he wants his coworker crush to think so. But while he's busy drooling over his future corner office, the walls crumble around him.

When his job lets him go, he can't let go of his job. Unfortunately, one former colleague can't let him go either: Robert "Moon" McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a frat house than a boardroom. Seth tries to forget Moon and rediscover his spiritual self; he studies Kabbalah with an Orthodox rabbi by day while popping illegal prescription pills by night. But with each misstep, Seth strays farther from salvation--though he might get there, if he could only get out of his own way.

In his debut novel, Purkert incisively peels back the layers of the male ego, revealing what's rotten and what might be redeemed. Brimming with wit, irreverence, and soul-searching, The Men Can't Be Saved is a startlingly original examination of work, sex, addiction, religion, branding, and ourselves.

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  • Title The Men Can't Be Saved
  • Author Ben Purkert
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harry N. Abrams
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9781419767135 / 1419767135
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.86 x 1.05 in (21.59 x 14.88 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Men, Drug abuse
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2023932347
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2023, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/26/2023, Page 0

About the author

Ben Purkert is the author of the poetry collection For the Love of Endings. His work appears in The New Yorker, the Nation, and the Kenyon Review, among others. He is the founder of Back Draft, a Guernica interview series focused on revision and the creative process. He holds degrees from Harvard and New York University, and he currently teaches at Rutgers.
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