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Title	:	Apathy and Other Small Victories
Author	:	Paul Neilan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 240 pages
Published	:	May 2nd 2006 by St. Martin's Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Comedy

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The only thing Shane cares about is leaving. Usually on a Greyhound bus, right before his life falls apart again. Just like he planned. But this time it's complicated: there's a sadistic corporate climber who thinks she's his girlfriend, a rent-subsidized affair with his landlord's wife, and the bizarrely appealing deaf assistant to Shane's cosmically unstable dentist.

When one of the women is murdered, and Shane is the only suspect who doesn't care enough to act like he didn't do it, the question becomes just how he'll clear the good name he never had and doesn't particularly want: his own.

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Original Title:	Apathy and Other Small Victories
ISBN:	0312351747 (ISBN13: 9780312351748)
Edition Language:	English

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Hmm. I hope this author doesn't continue this theme and write a book called Boredom... The guy working the Phoenix airport Borders was pretty convinced that this book was Pure Genius and that I would love it. How Wrong He Was. I kept hoping the main character would get hit by a truck or something. That wouldn't be "apathy" though would it? The sign language bit was a nice touch but not quite enough to jolt me into enjoying this.

Like the literary equivalent of a Reddit comment thread: occasionally clever, periodically amusing, but mostly just awful and terrible and offensive (and not even cleverly offensive).Literary characters don't have to be likeable or noble to be effective, but the sense here throughout is of an author not-so-slyly, winkingly condoning (even endorsing) the shittiness of his protagonist, all with a smirk and a "well, aren't I just a lil' stinker" sort of turn to his face.

This is the kind of book for people who like their humor like they like their coffee: black with just a twinge of a bitter aftertaste. In fact, the story that's being told here has a lot in common with caffeine: you suspect that it's not really good for you, but it provides you with a satisfying fix. In this case, the "fix" is a good dose of schadenfreude, or maybe just the vicarious satisfaction of observing other people behaving badly. Basically Apathy is a jaunt through total nihilism. The

A book like this rises or falls on how well its humor meshes with the sensibilities of its reader.For me, the mesh was imperfect.Take this early example:"Hi, I'm Gwendolyn." ..."Hello, Gwendolyn." ..."Please, call me Gwen. Only my grandmother calls me Gwendolyn."Then why the f-ck did you introduce yourself as Gwendolyn, I wanted to ask, but that was way too many words in a row."Yeah," I said instead.If you thought the funniest part of this exchange was "Please, call me Gwen. Only my grandmother

This was one of the worst books I have ever read in my life. I'd rather read all the Twilight books twice AND see all the movies before ever reading this again one time. The figure on the cover holding a gun to his head? That's how I felt the whole time I was reading this book full of rhino diarrhea.

This was sitting around, so gave it a read. I'm sure the author would like to think I don't appreciate his dark wit, but really, it's just not very funny.I would forgive the offensiveness (or even enjoy it) if the book were entertaining or well written, but it's not.

Another reread here. Apathy is quite possibly the funniest book I've ever read. I highly recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor. The unlikely hero of the novel becomes unwittingly involved in a murder investigation as it's prime suspect.Stolen salt shakers, deaf folk karaoke and hours in a bathroom stall...if only life were this much fun.WARNING: People do tend to look at you funny when you bust out laughing reading this book.