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
- | Author: Eric Kraft
- | Publisher: lulu.com
- | Publication Date: May 21, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 288 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 1105873420
- | ISBN-13: 9781105873423
- Author:
- Eric Kraft
- Publisher:
- lulu.com
- Publication Date:
- May 21, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 288 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 1105873420
- ISBN-13:
- 9781105873423