β Scribed by Rick Moody
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR,_National Post
_ BEST BOOKS FOR GIFTING 2015: _Vanity Fair
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"This is Moody's best novel in many years...a book of irony and wit and heartbreak." --Dwight Garner, New York Times
From the acclaimed Rick Moody, a darkly comic portrait of a man who comes to life in the most unexpected of ways: through his online reviews.
Reginald Edward Morse is one of the top reviewers on RateYourLodging.com, where his many reviews reveal more than just details of hotels around the globe--they tell his life story.
The puzzle of Reginald's life comes together through reviews that comment upon his motivational speaking career, the dissolution of his marriage, the separation from his beloved daughter, and his devotion to an amour known only as "K." But when Reginald disappears, we are left with the fragments of a life--or at least the life he has carefully constructed--which writer Rick Moody must make sense...
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