**A new collection of immersive essays from the most acclaimed editor of the second half of the twentieth century** This new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so pieces he's written mostly for _The New York Review of Books_ , ranging from reconsiderations of Am
Love and Other Near-Death Experiences
β Scribed by Mil Millington
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Villard Books
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Hello. My name is Robert, and I haven't been dead for sixty-three days now.
If he hadn't bought those crummy towels, Rob would be six feet under. But his poor shopping sense accidentally set off a convoluted chain of events that meant he lived when all those others died in the pub explosion. Okay, maybe it wasn't the ugly towels that saved his life. Perhaps it was some other random action, some other small movement that was the utterly trivial yet vitally important factor. And that's the real problem.
Now, with his wedding fast approaching, Rob suddenly finds himself paralyzed with indecision--about Every. Little. Thing. He just can't be sure which seemingly innocuous choice will mean the difference between life and death: Should he wash the fork or the knife first? Should he step out of the shower with his left leg or his right leg? Red sweater or blue? One thing is certain: His fiancΓ©e, Jo, is at her wits' end.
To save his relationship and his sanity, Rob...
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