Book Review - "Dear Everybody" by Michael Kimball

Jessie Carty - the editor of "Shape of a Box" discusses Michael Kimball's novel "Dear Everybody."

http://www.powells.com/s?header=Search+Form&kw=dear+everybody

Michael Kimballs third novel, DEAR EVERYBODY, is now out in the US, UK, and Canada (http://michael-kimball.com/). The Believer calls it a curatorial masterpiece. Time Out New York calls the writing stunning. And the Los Angeles Times says the book is funny and warm and sad and heartbreaking. His first two novels are THE WAY THE FAMILY GOT AWAY (2000) and HOW MUCH OF US THERE WAS (2005), both of which have been translated (or are being translated) into many languages. He is also responsible for the ongoing art project—Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard)(http://postcardlifestories.blogspot.com/)—and the documentary films, I WILL SMASH YOU (2009) and 60 WRITERS/60 PLACES (2010).

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• shape of a box

[ponyheist]

diary of adrian mole kicked ass!

[shapeofabox]

@ponyheist i'll have to check that one out :) 

[mmclouds1]

this book is garbage.

[shapeofabox]

@mmclouds1 And what didn't you like about it?

[ghostwritten87]

This book sounds fascinating :) I don't think I've ever read anything written like that before.

[shapeofabox]

@ghostwritten87 sorry for my late response, Ruth! I think you would find the book very interesting :) - jessie

[ponyheist]

or lets compare the entry where jonothan tries to dig a hole to china, and the gil scott heron poem 'Enough' which uses the same idea in a single line.

[ponyheist]

@shapeofabox

ugh I'll begin with the pedantic writing, null boring subjects, sweeping unrelatably vague generaiisations, and the ENDLESS cliche that is this entire book. I'm pretty sure this has all been in shitty disney channel sitcoms at some point.

I am choking this fucker down page by page... it is the worst book I've read in years.

It is melodramatic to an unbearable degree, there is no subtlety whatsoever. I could go on, want page numbers?