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SUCKER by Daniel Hornsby Read by Graham Halstead
Graham Halstead sounds totally authentic as he narrates this novel about people who aren't what they appear to be. Hornsby's clever and often hilarious second novel--seemingly inspired by the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos start-up scandal--features Chuck, the son of an evil billionaire who reinvents himself as an average guy who is forced to get a real job. However, the Silicon Valley start-up he's working for turns out to be covering up a big secret.
Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker") on Apple Podcasts
An interview with Daniel Hornsby, author of "Sucker," available now from Anchor Books.
Satirical thriller 'Sucker' skewers the tech industry
Chuck Gross, the hapless narrator of Daniel Hornsby’s “Sucker,” has big-time dad issues. When a friend gives his shoulder an encouraging squeeze, Chuck calls it “the kind of thing an affectionate father would do, or so I’ve heard.” His frosty father isn’t entirely useless, though.
Uncanny Valleys: Eight Books That Map Worlds Not Quite Like Ours
When I set out to write a satire of tech in early 2019, I came up against the problem of my lack of knowledge of Bay Area topography. A high school victim of Beat Generational trauma, I’d gone to San Francisco only once, shortly before Facebook went public, and glimpsed the last gasp of its pre-tech local culture.
Review: A punk rock record label owner strains for respectability in 'hilarious,' twisty 'Sucker'
Chuck Gross, the hapless narrator of Daniel Hornsby's "Sucker," has big-time dad issues. When a friend gives his shoulder an encouraging squeeze, Chuck calls it "the kind of thing an affectionate father would do, or so I've heard." His frosty father isn't entirely useless, though.
15 must-read books coming summer 2023 (and beyond)
Summer is about more than beach reads. Don’t get us wrong — there’s nothing wrong with taking something light and escapist to your favorite oceanside spot, but it’s also perfectly fine to retreat to the darkest, most air-conditioned room you can find with a book, a glass of water (or whatever), and try to forget that triple digits are on the way. And you have a lot to choose from this summer.
Read an Excerpt From Sucker
Chuck Gross would like nothing more than to prune himself from his family tree. We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Sucker by Daniel Hornsby, out from Anchor on July 11. I took the scenic route to Kenosis headquarters, through my favorite seedy San Narciso neighborhoods. Out my windows sat the vibrator stores of Morcillo, the pawnshops and mirthless burger franchises of Fangoso Lagoons, Wormwood’s strip malls in sour decline.
Daniel Hornsby
Chuck Gross would like nothing more than to prune himself from his family tree. We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Sucker by Daniel Hornsby, out from Anchor on July 11. Read More »
Great Expectations
The four of them did everything together. Meals were communal and, thanks to Kate and Alex, vegan, though if Ilya had a stoned craving for pizza every now and then, they shared that, too. Beds were bunked so the band could have a practice room and the artists (Molly, Kate) could cover the walls of their own studios with bubble wrap, dead leaves, or even pubes, though Molly’s attempt at this lasted only a week and covered less than a square foot.
A history of gods on earth
Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by anna della subin. new york: metropolitan books. 480 pages. $35. Purchase this book: Bookshop • Amazon IT TOOK ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS after moving to Memphis for me to realize I was living in a necropolis.
Glimpse of the divine - or wishful thinking? Novel takes us on aging priest's road trip
I've occasionally been grateful not to have been a fisherman in Galilee 2,000-plus years ago. I worry I would have been asked to follow and wouldn't have been able to. I'm afraid I would've just kept on fishing. In Via Negativa, Daniel Hornsby's funny debut novel about guilt, we meet our protagonist, Father Dan, as he's driving west through Kansas. He finds an injured coyote, who we come to know as Bede, on the side of the road.
Via Negativa: An Exploration of Shattered Faith
November 1, 2020 Written by Editorial Staff Explore More Via Negativa by Daniel Hornsby (Alfred A. Knopf, 2020) “A beautiful and meditative exploration of shattered faith.” —Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half A heartfelt, daring, divinely hilarious debut novel about a priest who embarks on a fateful journey with a pistol in his pocket and an injured coyote in his backseat. Father Dan is homeless.
The Desert Fathers (Three Episodes from the Diary of a Retired Priest) | Joyland Magazine
SPOON Twenty years ago, a priest friend and I took leave of our parishes for a week and attended a retreat in the desert of New Mexico. After flying into Albuquerque and riding a bus to some depressed desert town, Paul and I waited three hours for a shuttle to take us to the remote compound.
Three Hypothetical Video Games
Few play Racehorse Run as its designers intended. The racetracks and horses, the jockeys and gambling, all amount to the mildest of entertainments at best. Only its backgrounds—the wispy clouds and lush tree lines, the beautiful white-sanded beaches and tangerine sunsets beyond the tracks—merited any praise upon its release, and, admittedly, not many play a game for these tame pleasures alone. Racehorse Run owes its survival to a peculiar glitch, a little hiccup in the game’s second crown.
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