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Nancy pearl, npr commentator and author of the book lust series peter mountford s elegantly written the dismal science an advance on his superb first novelis an extremely impressive imagining by a relatively young writer into a relatively old mans life. Nov 06, 2014 listen to book lust with nancy pearl episodes free, on demand. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, including the atlantic, the new york times. Peter mountford s work on the dismal science has won grants from 4culture, seattles office of arts and cultural affairs, and the elizabeth george foundation.
His second novel, the dismal science, was released in february 2014 by tin house books. Peter mountford born july 17, 1976 is an american novelist and writer of short stories and nonfiction. Peter mountfords elegantly written the dismal sciencean advance on his superb first novelis an extremely impressive imagining by a relatively young writer into a relatively old mans life. It also is a brilliant extrapolation of the economists dismal science into a metaphor for the difficult fate of any living, breathing. Up this week is anmiryam budner of main point books tin house books. Relevance name best selling new arrivals price low to high price high to low customer rating. Book lust with nancy pearl listen via stitcher for podcasts. This guy is managing to make economics and the world bank something i dont just try and force myself to read about in the new york times so that i can remain knowledgable about the state of the world. Jan 31, 2014 the male midlife crisis is explored in another novel, the dismal science by peter mountford. Welcome to tin houses bookseller spotlight, a series of interviews with indie booksellers across the country. Youre more than welcome to read all of the books they suggest, but in the off chance you werent able to write down all the books they suggested. Peter mountford discusses his new novel, the dismal science. Mountfords follow up to a young mans guide to late capitalism is at once a cogent political drama and an acute meditation on the fragile nature of identity.
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