Brian DeLeeuw named a "five best debut novels of the decade" list for the Tin House Blog. One title to make the grade:Indecision — Benjamin Kunkel (Random House, 2005)Read about another book on DeLeeuw's list.
This novel prompted some strange responses when it was first published, including Michiko Kakutani’s review written from the point of Holden Caulfield and buckets of ad hominem vitriol from Gawker. But if you ignore all the extra-curriculars, you’ll find a very funny first book, the greatest strength of which is its perfectly calibrated voice, stuck somewhere between a grad-school seminar and a Phish concert parking lot.
Brian DeLeeuw is an editor at Tin House magazine and a contributor to the website ThisRecording.com. He received his BA from Princeton University and his MFA from The New School. He now lives in New York City, where he was born and raised. In This Way I Was Saved, his debut novel, was published in 2009.Read an excerpt from In This Way I Was Saved, and learn more about the book and author at Brian DeLeeuw's website.
The Page 69 Test: In This Way I Was Saved.
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