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Peter Leroy constructs a plausible adult life for his grade school chum Matthew Barber, now living in Boston, where he is vice-president of a toy company by day, but becomes Bertram W. Beath, restaurant reviewer, when the sun goes down. Reservations Recommended is a satire of the critical mind; a dark commentary on contemporary culture; a story of midlife crisis; a morality play; and a book that matches bleakness against humor, seasoned throughout with B. W. Beath's hilariously acid reviews. We watch as Matthew Barber descends from a self-protective superiority into a species of madness, and into the dark night of the soul. "A brilliant satire." LA Life "A merciless sendup of contemporary American pretensions.' Janice Harayda, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Wonderfully readable . . . touching and intelligent." Richard Gehr, The Village Voice… (mais)
Meet Matthew Barber (also known as B.W. Beath). Toy designer by day (as Matthew), restaurant critic by night (as B.W.). He's 14 months out of marriage and living in a building where the elevator barely works. His apartment has a mysterious smell and no matter how many holes they punch in the wall or carpets they pull up, maintenance cannot pinpoint its origin. Maybe it's all in Matthew's head, as are so many other things. Despite being a funny and intelligent reviewer, Matthew himself is fussy, slightly paranoid, embarrassed easily. He can be rude, naive and more than a little foolish. He's always imagining himself to be someone he's not (especially around the ladies) and relies more and more on his restaurant reviewer persona to cope with social situations. But, what happens when those personalities become indistinguishable? What happens when you not only talk to yourself, but answer back? ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Midway along the road of life,
I found myself within a shadowy forest,
For I had lost my way.
Dante Inferno
. . . by the time they have reached the middle of their life's journey few people remember how they have managed to arrive at themselves, at their amusements, their point of view, their wife, character, occupation, and successes, but they cannot help feeling that not much is likely to change any more . . . . Something has had its way with them like a fly-paper with a fly; it has caught them fast, here catching a little hair, there hampering their movements, and has gradually enveloped them, until they lie buried under a thick coating . . .
Robert Musil The Man Without Qualities
You may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" And the days go by . . .
David Byrne and Brian Eno "Once in a Lifetime"
Tis plain, these useless toys of every kind
... little can relieve the laboring mind ...
... every man o'er works his weary will,
To shun himself, and to shake off his ill;
The shaking fit returns, and hangs upon him still.
Lucretius
De Rerum Natura
The ungrateful greed of the soul makes the creature everlastingly desire varieties of dainty food.
Epicurus "Epicurus's Exhortation"
Dedicatória
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
For Mad, Scott and Alexis
Primeiras palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Matthew never takes notes in a restaurant.
Citações
Últimas palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Overreaching themselves, they may fall. Falling, they may be hurt.
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
This book is not part of the Peter Leroy series. It is a stand-alone novel about Matthew Barber, a secondary character from the Peter Leroy books.
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Peter Leroy constructs a plausible adult life for his grade school chum Matthew Barber, now living in Boston, where he is vice-president of a toy company by day, but becomes Bertram W. Beath, restaurant reviewer, when the sun goes down. Reservations Recommended is a satire of the critical mind; a dark commentary on contemporary culture; a story of midlife crisis; a morality play; and a book that matches bleakness against humor, seasoned throughout with B. W. Beath's hilariously acid reviews. We watch as Matthew Barber descends from a self-protective superiority into a species of madness, and into the dark night of the soul. "A brilliant satire." LA Life "A merciless sendup of contemporary American pretensions.' Janice Harayda, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Wonderfully readable . . . touching and intelligent." Richard Gehr, The Village Voice
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