{"product_id":"the-atmospherians-a-novel-9781982158309","title":"The Atmospherians: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook You Need to Read in 2021 by\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarper’​s Bazaar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, wellness, and toxic masculinity.” —\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis “edgy, addictive” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e satire about two best friends who form The Atmosphere—a cult designed to reform problematic men—is “a book to be devoured” (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSasha Marcus was once the epitome of contemporary success: an internet sensation, social media darling, and a creator of a high-profile wellness brand for women. But a confrontation with an abusive troll has taken a horrifying turn, and now she’s at rock bottom: canceled and doxxed online, isolated in her apartment while men’s rights protestors rage outside. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSasha confides in her oldest childhood friend, Dyson—a failed actor with a history of body issues—who hatches a plan for her to restore her reputation by becoming the face of his new business venture, The Atmosphere: a rehabilitation community for men. Based in an abandoned summer camp and billed as a workshop for job training, it is actually a rigorous program designed to rid men of their toxic masculinity. Sasha has little choice but to accept. But what horrors await her as the resident female leader of a crew of washed up, desperate men? And what exactly does Dyson want?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eExplosive, dazzling, and wickedly funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e is “a book written with this exact cultural moment in mind” (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvel, a wonder, a gift. McElroy's characters glide across the page, in and out of love, and we see ourselves in their conflicts, their crucibles, and what they hold dear. Simply put, McElroy dazzles. This novel is dazzling.” —\u003cb\u003eBRYAN WASHINGTON, author of \u003ci\u003eLot \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Memorial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The novel balances perfectly on the razor’s edge between reality and absurdism, the place where excellent satire dwells, while spinning a complex investigation of huge topics: guilt, culpability, loyalty, sexism, fatphobia, abuse of power…. It is a book about craving—fame, food, praise, each other, ourselves—and it is a book to be devoured.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Vanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gutsy, hilarious, and fully saturated with the absurd spirit of our times, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the tangle of capitalism, narcissism, and masculinity that have defined our cultural moment. McElroy is a master excavator of the murky innards that drive us, a satirist with an eye for the tender parts that make us tick.” —\u003cb\u003eALEXANDRA KLEEMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Too Can Have a Body Like Mine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e is what happens when an amazing idea meets stunning awareness meets brilliant writing. A book dazzling with power.\" \u003cb\u003e—NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Black \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Atmospherians is a thrilling satire about wrecked reputations and flawed stabs at redemption, but it's also earnest examination of the fragile place between community and mob; most disturbingly, Alex McElroy draws an accurate portrait of this agitated era.\" —\u003cb\u003eCATHERINE LACEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ePew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNobody is Ever Missing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rarefied, unstable, charged. This is the constant atmosphere in Alex McElroy’s brilliantly bizarre novel. A sophisticated farce about alienation, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e takes our absurd age seriously—which is to say it laughs, darkly, in its face.\" \u003cb\u003e—HERNAN DIAZ, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, a Finalist for Pulitzer Prize  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is exceptional writing: McElroy's world-building is artful, funny and bracingly resonant....\u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e includes all of us in its vast, cutting scope.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A bold, mischievous, and brilliant debut novel.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAV Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a virtuosic send-up of a society run ragged by disingenuous influencers, toxic masculinity, commodified self-care, weaponized positivity, and performative \"wokeness” — and the alienation that comes from desperately trying to fit in.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—BuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, wellness, and toxic masculinity.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e —Esquire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Alex McElroy’s debut novel is wickedly funny, graceful in prose, and brilliant in execution. With its exploration and critique of contemporary culture in general, and masculinity gender performance specifically, \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e for the Millennial Generation. I feel particularly bullish on this novel, and this writer.” —\u003cb\u003eMAT JOHNSON, author of \u003ci\u003ePym\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoving Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What wicked, utterly sublime, laugh-out-loud satire. With deft, shimmering prose, boundless in its capacity for capturing our most visceral desires, McElroy deciphers our age of wokeness and all its seductive kinks. This dazzling novel is the world, and we are living inside it.” \u003cb\u003e- NOVUYO ROSA TSHUMA, author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alex McElroy has written the novel of our age. \u003ci\u003eThe Atmospherians \u003c\/i\u003ecombines Mary Gaitskill's unflinching examination of beauty, cruelty, and power with a toxic masculinity rehabilitation center so outlandishly funny that it would fit perfectly in an episode of \u003ci\u003eNathan for You\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a voice to get very excited about: darkly perceptive, stylistically bold, and terrifically, inimitably entertaining.\" \u003cb\u003e—MARY SOUTH, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Will Never Be Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astonishing vision. Every page contains a new wonder, another breathtaking surprise. This novel satisfies a hunger you might have never even realized was there.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMATTHEW BAKER, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Visit America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHybrid Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McElroy’s impressive debut novel lands a well-crafted jab at toxic masculinity and attempts to control it… rich prose and haunting images, using a finely honed satirical lens. This notable debut makes hay with the miasma of contemporary culture.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McElroy’s debut is as uncomfortable as it is thought-provoking. It takes on toxic masculinity, eating disorders, influencer culture, and the violence inherent in power dynamics without dragging or overreaching. Edgy, addictive, gruesome, and smart.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McElroy offers trenchant commentary on our society’s fraught gender dynamics.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"....sly and uncanny and darkly funny....\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePoets and Writers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McElroy exposes the cognitive dissonance required to live in a world in which everything exists alongside everything else all at once, the world of the internet. 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