So. I won’t lie to you. I didn’t really ‘get’ To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. If I break it down to the sum of its parts it is about a man who lacks a father figure who clings on to the families of the women he dates; the man is a dentist and has his identity stolen and has a mini mental breakdown over it.

So I can understand the separate parts but I don’t know what I was meant to feel afterwards. Therefore, all I can say about To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is that Joshua Ferris is a good writer but I don’t think I am the best audience for his books.

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