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  • Published: 19 June 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141955919
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour





Joshua Ferris's dazzling new novel about the meaning of life, the certainty of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene

'There's nothing like a dental chair to remind a man that he's alone in the world'

Paul O'Rourke, 40 year-old slightly curmudgeonly dentist, runs a thriving practice in New York. Yet he is discovering he needs more in his life than a steady income and the perfect mochaccino. But what?

As Paul tries to work out the meaning of life, a Facebook page and Twitter account appear in his name. What's at first an outrageous violation of privacy soon becomes something more frightening: the possibility that the online \"Paul\" might be a better version of the man in the flesh. Who is doing this and will it cost Paul his sanity?

  • Published: 19 June 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141955919
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

About the author

Joshua Ferris

Joshua Ferris was born in Illinois in 1974. He attended the University of Iowa and the University of California, Irvine. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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