Apathy - Latest Read

I found a book at Borders the other day. I picked it at random, basing my decision solely on how good the few pages I thumbed through brought me to believe the book might be. My strategy worked! I brought home a fantastic novel: Apathy by Paul Neilan, a quick read I finished in just a couple days.

Shane is a quiet man, he keeps a lot to himself. He moves from city to city, leaving behind him whatever he chooses and building on the next life he finds in the next city. If you can imagine the lead character in Office Space but with a drinking problem, you've basically got Shane. From day to day Shane does next to nothing, he barely lifts a finger in any aspect of his life. Somehow he manages to form a relationship with a girl who beats him up whilst having sex, finds a dentist who can't stop crying, begins an affair with the landlord's wife, and gets framed for the murder of a deaf woman. Only at that moment in time when he becomes a suspect does Shane do a little bit more than nothing to clear his name.

The book is outrageously funny. First time in a long time I laughed out loud so many times. Thankfully I wasn't in public for most of the read. Paul Neilan lives in Portland, Oregon too! I'm not so good at reviews, but what I can say is that this book is absolutely worth it!



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