The Weirdness: A Novel
“Wonderfully weird and entertaining.”—Esquire“An utterly charming, silly, and heartily entertaining coming-of-age story about a man-boy who learns to believe in himself by reckoning with evil… a welcome antidote to heavy-handed millennial fiction. Instead of trying to find profundity in party conversation or making his readers shudder in melancholy recognition of their thwarted lives, The Weirdness finds virtue in absurdity. Thank goodness — or darkness — for that.” —Boston Globe“A comedic literary thriller situated between the world of Harry  Potter and the Brooklyn of Jonathan Ames, Bushnell’s debut effectively  mines well-trodden terrain to unearth some dark gems.” —Publishers Weekly“This book is wild. And smart. And hilarious. And weird … in all  kinds of good ways. Prepare to be weirded out. And to enjoy it.”—Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe“Jeremy Bushnell has written an irreverent, chaotic, comically inventive  novel that makes New York City look like the insane asylum some suspect  it is. It steadfastly refuses to bore you, and by the end has something  important to say about the way we dream.” —William Giraldi, author of Busy Monsters"A whimsical approach... an aspiring author in New York who wakes one day to find that Satan has  just brewed him a cup of fair-trade coffee — and has a little deal to  discuss."—Tampa Bay Times“The Weirdness manages to soar beyond the potentially familiar tropes of urban fantasy with a strong sense of style and character… Bushnell’s debut novel is a clever, darkly satiric tale of the devil, literary Brooklyn and the human penchant for underachievement.”—Shelf Awareness“[The Weirdness] is immensely entertaining, and more than being merely diverting, is truly funny.”—Harvard Crimson