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Book SynopsisIn these deeply funny and introspective essays, Andrew Farkas boldly surveys the “in-of-doors,” where a higher degree of comfort can be found than out-of-doors, and discovers that our lives are controlled much more by fiction than by anything “real.”
Trade Review"Ironic, joking, thoughtful, nostalgic, and moving, these lyric essays, reflections, lighthearted arguments, and odes meditate playfully on the peculiar human environments we discover indoors."—Hugh Sheehy,
Full Stop"
The Great Indoorsman is the work of a true craftsperson and the phrasing and structure feels akin to architecture, all lines, angles and inspired thinking, leavened with a pop culture and extended cultural knowingness that left me smiling and nodding my head throughout."—Ben Tanzer, litreactor.com
“Absurdist and absurdly amusing, Andrew Farkas takes readers on a sublime tour through dive bars and coffeehouses, dilapidated movie theaters and dying malls. A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for indoors, outdoors, or anywhere in between.”—Kathleen Rooney, author of
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey“Andrew Farkas, the master renovator in these crafted and crafty essays, is the ultimate interior decorator of all things turned inside out. Here the reflections reflect infinite rooms where we are, at once, lost and found, found and lost with-in hallways of infinite with-in-ings.”—Michael Martone, editor of
The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne“Throughout this deliriously inventive collection, Andrew Farkas operates like a 1930s Rube Goldberg cartoon jalopy, nimbly galumphing through mundane worlds—a waiting room, a hamburger joint, Tuscaloosa. The elevated performance is grounded by a sincere, persistent question: Where is home?”—David Giffels, author of
Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand AmericaTable of ContentsThe Great Indoorsman
Wait Here?
A Filk Tale
Pool Hall Legend
Somewhere Better Than This Place
A Front or Affront
Kitchen Sink Realism
Time Stands Still When You’re Havin’ Fun
On Drinking the Kool-Aid in a Coffeehouse
Still Life with Alarm Clocks
Everything You Were Looking For
An Essay About Nothing
When Hamburger Station Is Busy
Last Year at Chapel Hill Mall
Bowl-a-Rama
Noir Girl
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