The King of Pain by Seth Kaufman
One of 2012's most enjoyable novels. --Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times This is a dark, sharp, very funny novel about imprisonment, torture and the dangerous pleasures of stories. --Zoe Heller, Notes on a ScandalSeth Kaufman's novel is a hoot and a boot, a zany, unsettling, satisfying, post post-modern, tragic-comic tour of prisons around the world and pain in the human heart. Start it and you won't stop. If you're a claustrophobe, read it out-of-doors. --John Darnton, Neaderthal
A riotously funny portrait of an out-of-control entertainment mogul and a devastating look at torture and imprisonment, The King of Pain is part Jennifer Egan, part Italo Calvino, part Entourage, and 100% marvelous.
Rick Salter expects to be hated; after all, he's the mind behind the outrageous-and outrageously successful-reality TV show about torture, The King of Pain. What he finds much more worrisome than the ire of cultural critics is that when he wakes up one Saturday morning, he's trapped underneath his gigantic home entertainment system with no idea how he got there. Rick has 48 long hours ahead of him until his housekeeper will come to his rescue and nothing to pass the time except pain, bad memories-and a strange book he finds lying beside him. Called A History of Prisons, it is written by one Seth Kaufman, and it seems mysteriously relevant to Rick's predicament.
Seth Kaufman is the Editorial Director of TV Guide.com and a reporter for the New York Post's Page Six. He was born in New York and raised in Kenya and India. He resides in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children, and plays guitar in The Fancy Shapes. If You Give an Architect a Contract, his next book, will be released in March 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780985626501 |
| ISBN 10 | 098562650X |
| Title | The King of Pain |
| Author | Seth Kaufman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sukuma Books |
| Year published | 2012-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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