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The bachelor : a novel / Andrew Palmer.
"Reeling from a breakup with his almost-fiancee, the narrator of Andrew Palmer's first novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a correspondence with an old grad school classmate plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality TV show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fixation with each deepens and calcifies, and somewhere along the way, art and "reality" become harder and harder to distinguish from life. Love interests accumulate and then fall away: an old girlfriend calls and he answers; he meets a young woman at the dry cleaner. Soon he finds himself corresponding intimately, regularly with other suitors (as Berryman did in his lifetime), participating in a group outing (as The Bachelor does each season), and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593230893 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 273 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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| Subject: | Berryman, John, 1914-1972 > Fiction. Bachelor (Television program) > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Novelists > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Palme | 31681010243657 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Reeling from a breakup with his almost-fiancâee, the narrator of Andrew Palmer's first novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a correspondence with an old grad school classmate plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality TV show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fixation with each deepens and calcifies, and somewhere along the way, art and "reality" become harder and harder to distinguish from life. Love interests accumulate and then fall away: an old girlfriend calls and he answers; he meets a young woman at the dry cleaner. Soon he finds himself corresponding intimately, regularly with other suitors (as Berryman did in his lifetime), participating in a group outing (as The Bachelor does each season), and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken"-- - Baker & Taylor
While housesitting for a family friend after a bad breakup, a man becomes obsessed with the reality TV show The Bachelor and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman, finding himself grappling with the strange turn his life seems to have taken. - Random House, Inc.
A âwitty and wiseâ (People) debut novel about love and commitment, celebrity and obsession, poetry and reality TV.
âPalmerâs novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.ââThe New Yorker
Reeling from a breakup with his almost fiancée, the narrator of Andrew Palmerâs debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prizeâwinning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken.
An absorbing coming-of-age tale âthat marks the debut of a significant talentâ (Kirkus Reviews, starred), The Bachelor approachesâwith wit and graceâthe high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?
