After months straight of reading nothing but play submissions, I picked up Simon Rich’s new collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth and was re-introduced to the witty clip of Rich’s style. I read “Unprotected” about a year ago when it came out in The New Yorker and I’m very glad that I read it ag...
A very funny look at what happens when God decides to resign (to open an Asian-American fusion restaurant) and destroy Earth. It is up to two Angels from the Miracles Department (Craig and Eliza) to save the world...can they do it?I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It made me laugh out loud many ti...
If Chuck Palahniuk was hired to give a final polish on a John Hughes film, the result would be Elliot Allagash. A stinging indictment of wealth, power and privilege deftly interwoven with the classic, "I bet I can make the least popular kid in school the most popular" trope. There are some reall...
In Elliot Allagash, Rich has created a fascinating, compelling, bewildering -- even tragic -- character. The book focuses on the relationship between Elliot and the first-person narrator, Seymour Herson. In many ways, Elliot embodies that figure we all wish we knew during our awkward middle and h...