Lightning Rods
by Helen de Witt · first published 2002
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After failing to succeed as a salesman, Joe finally finds a product he can sell and refuses to fail regardless of the obstacles in his way.
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…which contained a retrospective review of the site Pitchfork[1], an essay chronicling the author's experience at their first Gathering of the Juggalos[2], and an excerpt of Helen DeWitt's excellent novel Lightning Rods[3]. Issue 24's The Intellectual Situation[4] has a phrase I still think about frequently: > "you have to choose your irrationality or it will choose you." I have not been a consistent reader, but reading…
on “N+1” ↗Helen DeWitt wrote another novel after The Last Samurai, Lightning Rods. It's a very different book, but definitely worth a try! Good luck!
on “Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?” ↗