arthur nersesian

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who is he? why should i care?

― gareth, Monday, 28 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He's a writer!

― jel, Monday, 28 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oops! looks like you forgot to answer my thread, people.

― gareth, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, never heard of this guy!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I read THE FUCK-UP a while back - I remember there being one of those damn "A Catcher In The Rye For The _____ Generation" quotes on the back, so I was expecting it to be the kind of book the guys in Crystal Method would enjoy, but it turned out it wasn't half bad! Nothing too mind blowing, the prot. is s'posed to be one of those wily indestructible NYC street-urchin wits but he's just above average (like The Strokes!), the hijinks are pretty debauched and fun. Give it a shot. Don't nkow anything about Arthur but the book has a pic of him in the back and I was surprised to find he was arab/east indian. Similar experience: I thought Holden Caulfield was black until near the middle of CITR because I didn't think any white people talked that cool.

― Ramosi, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Armenian, I'm guessing, with a last name like that.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

OK cool. Thx!

― Ramosi, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

i started the fuck up today.

― gareth, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

I looked to rent a room in his apartment once.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 21 March 2003 11:28 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

The Fuck Up was a good, fast read, so I picked up his new one (Chinese Takeout) today.

I wonder if there's an alternative universe where Nersesian is the Chuck Palahniuk of his world.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 24 August 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...

yea, i liked dogrun...where is he from?

― jordanmbar, Saturday, 17 January 2004 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Chinese Takeout's idea of place was NYC street names and locations, and all of his other novels are set there.

Chinese Takeout was OK, the ending wasn't anything to write home about.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 17 January 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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