{"product_id":"the-catastrophist-paperback-1","title":"The Catastrophist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Daniel Wellington: art historian, academic star, devoted husband, and total basket case. Although Daniel has known nothing but success, he's convinced the future promises nothing but disaster. When his wife, known simply as R., presents him with a tiny, size-XXS Yale sweatshirt, Daniel is seized by the impulse to bolt; the specter of imminent fatherhood sends him into a full-blown existential crisis. Soon this well-intentioned young professor finds himself plotting bigamy, lying about his past, imagining his pregnant wife in the arms of an androgynous grad student, and explaining to the dean his obscene e-mail to the lead in a student production of Miss Julie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom an idyllic New England campus to the rarefied art worlds of Berlin and London, The Catastrophist charts the rise and fall and partial rebound of an ambivalent but endearing Everyman and heralds the appearance of a major new comedic voice in American fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheCatastrophist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003etempers its rollicking downward spiral with expert pacing and regular flashes of atmospheric brilliance. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMeet Daniel Wellington: art historian, academic star, devoted husband, and total basket case. When his wife, known simply as R., presents him with a tiny, size-XXS Yale sweatshirt, the specter of fatherhood sends Daniel into a full-blown existential crisis. Soon this well-intentioned young professor finds himself plotting bigamy, lying about his past, imagining his pregnant wife in the arms of an androgynous grad student, and explaining to the dean his obscene e-mail to a flirtatious former student. \u003cbr\u003eRazor sharp and riotously funny, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Catastrophist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e charts the rise, fall, and partial rebound of an ambivalent but endearing Everyman. \u003cbr\u003e\"The book's descriptions are both punchy and zany, its dialogue funny and smart. And Daniel's observations can be as rueful as they are accurate . . . Brainy comedy.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That we enjoy the company of this walking disaster is a tribute to Douglas s witty prose; that we love R. practical, attentive, and shrewd can be chalked up to the author s bedrock understanding of what constitutes an appealing human being.\" \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAWRENCE DOUGLAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e s writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHudson Review, McSweeney s, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and he is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eHe teaches at Amherst College and lives in Boston.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.92 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267015033081,"sku":"9780156031776","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L-yFuzanif9780156031776_e3263731-b417-41e6-b622-ebc149704c7c.webp?v=1768857872","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-catastrophist-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}