Super Sad True Love Story (2010)
A functionally illiterate America is about to collapse. But donít tell that to poor Lenny Abramov, the thirty-nine-year-old son of an angry Russian immigrant janitor, proud author of what may well be the worldís last diary, and less-proud owner of a bald spot shaped like the great state of Ohio. Despite his job at an outfit called Post-Human Services, which attempts to provide immortality for its super-rich clientele, death is clearly stalking this cholesterol-rich morsel of a man. And why shouldnít it? Lennyís from a different century - he loves books. But even more than books, Lenny loves Eunice Park, a cute and cruel twenty-four-year-old Korean American woman who just graduated from Elderbird College with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. After meeting Lenny on a Roman holiday, blistering Eunice puts that Assertiveness minor to work, teaching 'ancient dork' effective new ways to brush his teeth and making him buy a cottony nonflammable wardrobe. But America proves less flame-resistant than Lennyís new threads. The country is crushed by a credit crisis, riots break out in New Yorkís Central Park, the cityís streets are lined with National Guard tanks on every…
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 334
