Mount Chicago

A Novel

by Adam Levin

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Pub Date Aug 09 2022 | Archive Date Aug 23 2022

Doubleday Books | Doubleday

Literary Fiction

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Description

From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the irony, the humor, and the heartbreak of survivorship.

"Adam Levin is one of our wildest writers and our funniest." –George Saunders, bestselling, award-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo

A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most devoted fan, and the city’s mayor must struggle to move forward while the world—quite literally—caves beneath their feet. With this polyphonic tale of Chicago-style politics and political correctness, stand-up comedy and Jewish identity, celebrity, drugs, and animal psychology, Levin has constructed a monument to laughter, love, art, and resilience in an age of spectacular loss.

From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the irony, the humor, and the heartbreak of survivorship.

"Adam Levin is one of our wildest writers and our...

Available Editions

EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9780385548243
PRICE	$30.00 (USD)
PAGES	592

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Educator 684228

Absolutely hated this book. So obnoxious and not funny. It's supposed to be autofiction with dystopian qualities and it's boring. This writer is awful and I couldn't get past the first fifty pages. Had to put it down.