Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, How I Became Stupid—a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today's culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become "stupid" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.

How I Became Stupid

Literature & Fiction

PAGE, Martin

Dramas & Plays

Penguin Publishing Group

Another mordantly hysterical tale from the author of the cult favorite How I Became Stupid A funny yet poignant tour of one young man's existential crisis, The Discreet Pleasures of Rejection is another short novel from France's Martin Page. Virgil comes home from work one day to a message on his answering machine-his girlfriend is breaking up with him. This news should be devastating, but instead it's deeply troubling, because Virgil doesn't know the woman and doesn't have any memory of being in a relationship with her. The event sends Virgile into a tailspin of unrelenting self-analysis, causing him to question his memory, his sanity, even his worth as a lover. The seamless translation by Bruce Benderson perfectly captures Page's delicate, witty style, bringing this audacious gem of a novel to English-speaking audiences.

The Discreet Pleasures of Rejection: A Novel

Penguin??Books

How I Became Stupid 12-copy prepack

Humor & Satire

Penguin (Non-Classics)

For gawdsake don't take me!: The songs, ballads, verses, monologues, etc. of the call-up years, 1939-1963

Arts & Photography

Music

Hart-Davis, MacGibbon

The lost pleasures of the great trains

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

His agreement to steal the Mona Lisa for J. Pierpont Morgan places Adam Worth in a struggle to outwit the French authorities, international art experts, and Morgan himself

The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa

Pantheon Books

The man who stole the Mona Lisa

THE MAN WHO STOLE THE MONA LIS

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Pantheon

The Good Doctor Guide: A Unique Directory of Recommended Specialists

Children's Books

Simon Schuster Ltd

W. Morrow

A complete practical guide to growing and collecting these magnificent flowering plants and using them to best effect in the garden. Illustrated with over 75 color photographs for aid in identification and to show the range of peonies available.

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Peonies (Gardener's Guide Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Timber Pr

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