Rejection

A thrill for the sickos among us JIA TOLENTINO Utterly inimitable RAVEN LEILANI Tulathimutte is a pervert, a madman and a stone-cold genius Carmen Maria Machado LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION An audacious, original and unforgettable novel-in-stories that follows a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos. Sharply observant and outrageously funny, Rejection is a provocative plunge into the thorniest problems of modern life: sex, relationships, identity and the internet. We see a young mans passionate allyship turn to a furious and debilitating nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that his feminism isnt getting him laid; a young womans unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of both her sense of self and her group chat; and witness a shy late bloomers flailing efforts at a first relationship lead to a life-upending mistake. As these characters pop up in each others dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our delusions can warp our desire for connection. Written with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a losers manifesto, Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself. A book of mad, madcap genius Garth Greenwell He writes about these things in the way Anthony Bourdain wrote about restaurants Tulathimutte is a big talent The New York Times Book Review Blistering takes a magnifying glass to the mind in the internet age Vogue Theres a volatile thrill to the writing snortingly funny Wall Street Journal Obsessively readable, acerbic, Foster Wallaceinflected Vanity Fair A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style audacious, original and highly disturbing New York Times Magazine