{"product_id":"to-rise-again-at-a-decent-hour-9780316033992","title":"To Rise Again at a Decent Hour","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this big, brilliant, profoundly observed novel by National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris explores the absurdities of modern life and one man's search for meaning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online Paul might be a better version of the real thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, \u003ci\u003eTo Rise Again at a Decent Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThen We Came to the End\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated into 24 languages. His fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e. Ferris was chosen for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"20 Under 40\" list of fiction writers in 2010. He lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649785106706,"sku":"9780316033992","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5180aaf3-e257-46de-bbc7-84e54647c73a.jpg?v=1733273603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-rise-again-at-a-decent-hour-9780316033992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}