The Conviction and Subsequent Life of Savior Neck

Fiction. "A searingly intelligent first novel that declares its odd originality in every sentence. Christian TeBordo shows that it is possible to be, simultaneously, a wise old soul and a crazed young terror"--George Saunders. "For existentialism, death is the insurmountable condition that gives life both its meaning and its finitude. TeBordo's fiction, on the other hand, offers us a book that begins with a man who is fully conscious of the fact he is dead but who continues to live on anyway, surrounded by a cast of types that seem like refugees from the grittiest, funniest Coen Brothers movies. TTHE CONVICTION AND SUBSEQUENT LIFE OF SAVIOR NECK is about the absurdity of both existence and non-existence; it is an exploration of responsibility, ethics, and aesthetics that is at once funny and frightening. This is a smart and surprising first novel"--Brian Evenson.