Synopses & Reviews
"Mighty strange doings" mark the Pittsburgh of Jacob Bacharach's audacious and hilarious debut novel, a town where "yeti, UFOs, rumors of orgiastic rites, intimations of the Mayan apocalypse and 'psycho-temporal distortions' add that extra zing to the bustling night life" (James Wolcott). On the edge of thirty, and comfortably adrift in life, Peter Morrison finds his personal and professional life taking a turn for the weird as his attempts to transition into adulthood are thwarted by conspiracies both real and imagined. In this madcap coming-of-age novel, where no one quite comes of age, Bacharach brings an "immensely entertaining" and "Vonnegut-like sensibility" ( ) to the "aptly surreal satire" () of hipsters, corporations, and American life in the adolescent years of the twenty-first century. "A disarming, intelligent and seriously funny debut," "marks the arrival of Jacob Bacharach as a writer to watch" (Bob Hoover, ).
Review
"Ever wonder what would happen if were mugged in a dark alley by a cocaine-addicted Sasquatch? Well, wonder no more. Just buy this book and enjoy." Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story
Synopsis
"Bacharach has a great comic voice-- shrewd, deadpan, and dirty--and The Bend of the World fears no weirdness."--Sam Lipsyte
About the Author
Jacob Bacharach is an arts administrator at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and manager of the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. He has a BA in English and creative writing from Oberlin College. He lives in Pittsburgh.