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Reading him sometimes makes me want to scream - with recognition and with pure hilarity' - Richard Ford  'A trip through the American wasteland - from the people who have too little, to the people who have too much. Incredibly smart, incredibly funny, incredibly tragic, and therefore incredibly human, this is the perfect novel for these dysfunctional times' - Nathan Hill  'The funniest book you'll read all year. A rollicking and zinger-filled road trip [that] sneakily deepens into a poignant tale of a man trying to outrace his problems. I was utterly floored' - Maria Semple  'Stupendous... Reflecting with perfect comedy and horrible tragedy exactly what America feels like right this minute... 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