Posted on Thursday, 12 January 2012

MOTHER HAS TYPHUS STOP FATHER DIED ON THURSDAY STOP CROPS OVERTAKEN WITH LOCUSTS STOP COWS DRYING UP STOP UNCLE FELL IN WELL AND HIT HEAD STILL BLEEDING STOP HA HA STOP HORSES ALL STARVED STOP HA HA STOP WE ARE DESPERATE NEED HELP STOP HA HA HA STOP STOP FIELD IS FALLOW AND HA HA STOP HA HA HA LOOK WOULD YOU PLEASE SERIOUSLY STOP THAT? I AM TRYING TO DICTATE A FUCKING TELEGRAM.

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  1. mattdojny posted this
A NOVEL BY MATT DOJNY.

BUY THE BOOK

EVENTS

  • 6/5: BEA

  • 6/20: Book Court

  • 6/27: McNally Jackson

    • PRAISE

    • "If Puchai were a real country, I'd be a citizen by now, or at least an illegal alien. What a glorious novel!" —GARY SHTEYNGART, author of SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY

       

      "Matt Dojny's novel is a true delight. I can't think of any writer since Kingsley Amis who's been able to write high-minded comedy that packs such a punch. I've never enjoyed a comic novel more." —JOHN WRAY, author of LOWBOY

       

      "Matt Dojny's narrator Boyd Darrow is as poetically drawn as J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield, and as intimately hilarious as C.D. Payne's Nick Twisp. Dojny has created an entire country filled with characters that are so fresh and endearing, you'll find yourself wishing Puchai were a real place. I love this book." —KRISTEN SCHAAL (30 ROCK, THE DAILY SHOW)

       

      "Comic novels can be whimsical, or clever, or delightful, or witty, or canny, or powerful. Rarely are they all of those things. Matt Dojny's large-hearted, bright-minded novel has drawings and letters and love and loss, and now you do, too." —BEN GREENMAN, author of WHAT HE'S POISED TO DO and SUPERBAD