No One Is Talking about This

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

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No One Is Talking about This (2022, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

224 pages

English language

Published May 11, 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

ISBN:
9781526629777

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No One Is Talking About This

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Somebody cracks wise on the Internet (I know, I know, but stay with it, it’s fiction after all), and it goes viral. Interviews, guest lectures, panel discussions and world travel ensue until... Until something terrible happens, and everything collapses to the point of disruption. In Ohio, so you know it’s serious. Then, maybe, we see what matters in this big ol’ world of ours.

That’s mostly the story; as you read along, that’s what you’re reading. The story’s written in two parts: the happy part and the sad part. The happy part is happy, jouncing along with one-liners, wry observations and winsome meditations, a bit like a Steven Wright routine, except more Internetty. The sad part is sad, and, unlike the happy part, is capable of being spoiled, which cramps the review a little. It’s probably safe to point out if you’re familiar with Oscar Wilde’s (alleged!) comment about little …

Subjects

  • Internet, fiction
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Fiction, family life