{"product_id":"9781555976385","title":"Woke Up Lonely : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Fiona Maazel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dizzying new novel by Fiona Maazel, a National Book Foundation \"5 Under 35\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice * A \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star, VICE, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year * One of \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Seven Funniest Novels of 2013\" *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* One of the \u003ci\u003eMillions's\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Books of 2013 * An April IndieNext Pick*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThurlow Dan is the founder of the Helix, a cult that promises to cure loneliness in the twenty-first century. With its communes and speed-dating, mixers and confession sessions, the Helix has become a national phenomenon—and attracted the attention of governments worldwide. But Thurlow, camped out in his Cincinnati headquarters, is lonely—for his ex-wife, Esme, and their daughter, whom he hasn't seen in ten years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsme, for her part, is a covert agent who has spent her life spying on Thurlow, mostly to protect him from the law. Now, with her superiors demanding results, she recruits four misfits to botch a reconnaissance mission in Cincinnati. But when Thurlow takes them hostage, he ignites a siege of the Helix House that will change all their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith fiery, exuberant prose, Fiona Maazel takes us on a wild ride through North Korea's guarded interior and a city of vice beneath Cincinnati, a ride that twists and turns as it delves into an unsettled, off-kilter America. \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is an original and deeply funny novel that explores our very human impulse to seek and repel intimacy with the people who matter to us most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Maazel's new novel sounds like an AM radio dial spinning between the spooky midnight frequency of 'V.' and the bizarro breakfast show humor of 'White Noise,' . . . Intricately imagined and timely. . . . Maazel is an entertaining writer with a dry, droll sense of humor . . . She's insightful about how and why we build up instead of tear down the walls between us.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly imagine[d].” —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] fun farce.” —\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Maazel's insights are as sound as her imagination is wild.” —\u003ci\u003eOprah.com, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's as if a Paul Thomas Anderson movie (\u003ci\u003eThe Master, There Will Be Blood\u003c\/i\u003e) married a David Foster Wallace novel and had a baby. Which is to say, this story is weird, thrilling, and inimitable.” —\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, filled with swerves and contradictions. . . . Poignant and unpredictable.” —\u003ci\u003eJane Ciabattari, NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The talented Maazel has plenty of imagination.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Among the many sterling novels coming out this April . . . \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e [has] stood out.” —\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Maazel] has a real talent for taking these existential millstones of modern life--fear of death, failure, being alone, everything--and filtering them into morbidly funny, troublingly familiar forms. . . . \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e easily refutes the idea that the novel is a staid, obsolete form of writing. The stakes in Maazel's book are at least as real as any work of nonfiction, and it's a good deal more fun to read than any manifesto.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is another \u003ci\u003ewunderkammer\u003c\/i\u003e, a deeply felt and wildly original novel that repays the attention it demands, and once read won't be soon forgotten.” —\u003ci\u003eJustin Taylor, Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fizzy and intoxicating.” —\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is a vibrant, engaging, and endlessly inventive exploration of loneliness, and is easily one of the year's finest novels.” —\u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There's nothing better than a really good cult novel--especially a wonderfully written, brutally satiric one.” —\u003ci\u003eFlavorwire, \"10 New Must-Reads for April\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Considering (among other things) solitude in the digital era, Maazel's rhythmic prose carries the twisty tale with confidence.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sweeping, achingly honest . . . \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is both a mirror and magic looking glass, reflecting who we are and who we have the potential to become.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Maazel takes a cue from Kurt Vonnegut by creating a novel that blends the plot of a dramatic thriller with wacky humor and bits of science fiction.” —\u003ci\u003eBUST Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At turns satiric and heartfelt, Maazel's novel brims with energy and life.” —\u003ci\u003eManuel Gonzales, Publishers Weekly \"Signature Review\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] rollicking ride of a novel. . . . successful at every level.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I may have bruised my ribs from laughing. \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is a funhouse hall of mirrors whose dark (and hilarious) distortions reveal some almost unbearable truths about what it means to be lonely in America today.” —\u003ci\u003eKaren Russell, author of Swamplandia!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A great novel. Great, major, important--say it however you like. This is a book you need.” —\u003ci\u003eDarin Strauss, author of Half a Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is the novel equivalent of a sonic boom--it builds, it explodes, it leaves your ears, mind, and soul ringing for days.” —\u003ci\u003eHeidi Julavits, author of The Vanishers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No one does loneliness, self-abasement, and dread like Fiona Maazel. And maybe no one other than George Saunders illuminates with as much sadness and comic brio the grotesqueness of the extent to which we fall short of who we imagine ourselves to be.” —\u003ci\u003eJim Shepard, author of You Think That's Bad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fiona Maazel's imagination is so wild . . . that you feel like you've woken up into one of those rare novels as real as life. Hooray for such a talent!” —\u003ci\u003eRivka Galchen, author of Atmospheric Disturbances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ignore Fiona Maazel at your peril. \u003ci\u003eWoke Up Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is just as pithy, whimsical, and brilliant as her first novel, \u003ci\u003eLast Last Chance\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes about loneliness in a way that makes you feel less lonely: a wild, hilarious ride that highlights Maazel's uncanny knack for avoiding the obvious.” —\u003ci\u003eWesley Stace, author of Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40594942361806,"sku":"9781555976385","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ddbaa268-ff1b-4ad0-8bed-564b030eb96d.jpg?v=1637822740","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976385","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}