Description: "By turns mystical and ashcan-real, insanely funny and grimly ghastly, Guffey's novel cuts a zigzag trail through conventionality as it follows Elliot Greeley in his half-serious, half jesting quest for some deeper meaning to existence. If you build your life on laughs, what happens when the laughs disappear? Kissing cousin to Max Barry's novel Lexicon , about killer language, and to Ben Marcus's The Flame Alphabet , about language killed, Guffey's standup debut is standout speculative fiction." --Paul DiFilippo, Locus "Taps into the cultural zeitgeist . . . A nihilistic satire that takes the idea that death is easy and comedy is hard to a whole new level."-- Kirkus Reviews "Guffey's debut takes full advantage of an absurd, unexpected premise, delivering one of the strangest dystopian novels in a year filled with them."-- B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog "Guffey's sardonic, cleverly written comedic debut relies heavily on absurd synchronicity, bold characterization, and heavy irony to make its points about the apocalyptic nature of American humorlessness."-- Publishers Weekly "Not only a novel unique to this [political] moment, but one that is to comedy what Catch-22 was to war. One of the great books of the year." --Adam-Troy Castro, Sci Fi Magazine "A playful amalgam of Andy Kaufman and Philip K. Dick by way of Shaun of the Dead ." --Damien Lincoln Ober, author of Doctor Benjamin Franklin's Dream America "This satirical tale explores the role of comedy in maintaining a healthy democracy. . . . A clever concept."-- Kirkus Reviews

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