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One Man, one day, and a novel bursting with drama, comedy, and humanity. Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in Austin, Texas. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young woman in the seat next to him and panicked by a new wave of terrorism in Europe and the UK. He lands safely with neuroses intact and full of hope that the job, the expansive city, and the girl from the plane might yet be his chance for reinvention. His next eight hours make up this novel, a tour-de-force of mordant humor, brilliant observation, and page-turning storytelling.

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Man, if the last 40 pages were written like the rest of the novel! Kevin is in Austin, TX for an interview and sees the woman from the plane on the street- in trying to make contact, he meets several other people who have an impact on his day. Later in the day when he‘s supposed to show up for the interview, a catastrophic event happens that makes him re-think his life. Could‘ve done without the explicit descriptions of women throughout.

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Having trouble getting past his lewd descriptions of women, I feel like a lot of it is unnecessary. It‘s set in my home town of Austin, TX and has a somewhat decent storyline so I‘m trying to see if the plot gets anywhere.

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