NP - The Ask

[David Morris]

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2010/02/hello-i-must-be-going.html

 Lipsyte's new novel The Ask, officially published next week, has the
entire campus doing splits and cartwheels. "At times, Lipsyte’s
contemporary satirical riffs are Led Zeppelin-like in their solid
fury; it’s as if he’s the funniest, most correct documenter of various
contemporary vapors.--Barrett Hathcock, The Quarterly Conversation. "I
read it this weekend, in one sitting, and do heartily endorse it for
all your literary needs. It will remind you in places of Joseph
Heller, Money-era Martin Amis, and several other great writers, but it
is the work of a wholly original voice who can plumb the depths of our
sorry condition while simultaneously inducing audible cackling. It is
very much a book for These Troubled Times."--Balk, The Awl.