# The Novelist - Hardcover

by **Jordan Castro** (Author)

**Brisk and shockingly witty, exuberantly scatological as well as deeply wise, _The Novelist_ is a delight. Jordan Castro is a rare new talent: an author highly attuned to the traditions he is working within while also offering a refreshingly fun sendup of life beset by the endless scroll. --Mary South, author of _You Will Never Be Forgotten_**

In Jordan Castro's inventive, funny, and surprisingly tender first novel, we follow a young man over the course of a single morning as he tries and fails to write an autobiographical novel, finding himself instead drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind.

The act of making coffee prompts a reflection on the limits of self-knowledge; an editor's embarrassing tweet sparks rage at the literary establishment; a meditation on first person versus third examines choice and action; an Instagram post about the ethics of having children triggers mimetic rivalry; the act of doing the dishes is at once ordinary and profound: one of the many small commitments that make up a life of stability.

_The Novelist: A Novel_ pays tribute to Nicholson Baker's _The Mezzanine_ and Thomas Bernhard's _Woodcutters_, but in the end is a wholly original novel about language and consciousness, the internet and social media, and addiction and recovery.

### Author Biography

**Jordan Castro** is the author of two poetry books and the former editor of _New York Tyrant Magazine_. He is from Cleveland, Ohio. _The Novelist_ is his first novel.

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.87 x 8.11 x 5.12 IN

**Publication Date:** June 14, 2022

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