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THE MEN CAN'T BE SAVED
By: Ben Purkert
A Novel
Abrams
August 2023
On Sale: August 1, 2023
Featuring: Robert βMoonβ McCloone; Seth
304 pages
ISBN: 1419767135
EAN: 9781419767135
Kindle: B0BVMH88LG
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“Purkert’s writing is a gift and it shines through these pages.”—HANIF ABDURRAQIB
A rollicking debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls?
Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral. But this professional triumph won’t fix his personal life—his coworker crush won’t be seen with him, and his only comfort is in pills.
When his job lets him go, he can’t let go of his job. Thankfully, one former colleague can’t let him go either: Robert “Moon” McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a dorm room than a boardroom. When Seth gets taken in by an overeager Orthodox rabbi, he tries to forget Moon and replace his professional ambitions with higher purpose—but is he only digging himself deeper?
In his debut novel, Purkert incisively explores two kinds of toxic masculinity: The guys who see no problem with their bad behavior, and those who don’t see it as bad at all. Brimming with wit, irreverence, and soul-searching, The Men Can’t Be Saved is a startlingly original examination of work, religion, sex, drugs, and ourselves.
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