THE FUTILITY EXPERTS
Book ID/图书代码： 12580019C00082
English Summary/英文概要： Margaret Broucek’s debut novel, The Futility Experts, is a wickedly funny examination of how not to age gracefully. Feeling trapped in a stagnant marriage, working a dead-end job, and desperately coveting the last good parking spot, Tim Turner decides to do what any middle-aged man not in his right mind would do; reinvent himself online as a 21-year-old marine . At the same time, Davis Beardsley, a professor of zoology obsessed with imaginary creatures, watches his chances for tenure circle the drain when a new department head takes a dim view of his teaching methods. Delivered with deadpan wit and keen insight, not to mention a decrepit Sasquatch, a Romanian adoptee hell-bent on destruction, and a trio of incontinent lapdogs, The Futility Experts will appeal to fans of Jami Attenberg, Gary Schteyngart, and anyone who likes their comedy with a little chaos.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Margaret Broucek的这部小说处女作以诙谐幽默的方式探讨了如何不优雅地老去。Tim Turner觉得自己陷入了停滞的婚姻，做着死路一条的工作，正绝望地觊觎着最后一个好停车位，此刻他决定做任何一个头脑不正常的中年人都会做的事情：在网上把自己重塑成一名21岁的海军陆战队队员。与此同时，痴迷于虚构生物的动物学教授Davis Beardsley在新上任的系主任对他的教学方法提出模棱两可的看法时，他发现自己获得终身教职的机会正在渐渐远去。小说机智幽默、洞察敏锐，定能吸引Jami Attenberg、Gary Schteyngart的粉丝以及喜爱略带混乱的喜剧小说的读者。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Margaret Broucek，电影制片人，剧作家，作品曾出现在百老汇以外以及欧美的电影节上。她在多部小说集中发表了短篇小说，并在《阿拉斯加州季刊》中发表作品。她拥有萨拉劳伦斯学院（Sarah Lawrence College）的写作硕士学位。Margaret Broucek is a filmmaker and playwright whose works have appeared Off-Broadway and in festivals in the U.S. and Europe. She has had short stories published in the anthologies Sudden Fiction, Continued, Best of TriQuarterly, and also in Alaska Quarterly Review. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College.
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