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050	0	0	_aPS3606.E774 _bT67 2014
082	1		_aFIC _2 FER
100	1		_aFerris, Joshua
245	1	0	_aTo rise again at a decent hour : _ba novel _c/ Joshua Ferris.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Little Brown and Company _c, 2014
300			_a337 p. _c; 25 cm
520	3		_aAfter noticing his identity has been stolen and used to create various social media accounts, a man with a troubled past, Paul O'Rourke, begins to wonder if his virtual alter ego is actually a better version of himself. "Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and an atheist not quite willing to let go of God. Then someone begins to impersonate Paul online, and he watches in horror as a website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account are created in his name. What begins as an outrageous violation of his privacy soon becomes something more soul-frightening: the possibility that the online "Paul" might be a better version of the real thing. As Paul's quest to learn why his identity has been stolen deepens, he is forced to confront his troubled past and his uncertain future in a life disturbingly split between the real and the virtual. At once laugh-out-loud funny about the absurdities of the modern world, and indelibly profound about the eternal questions of the meaning of life, love and truth, TO RISE AGAIN AT A DECENT HOUR is a deeply moving and constantly surprising tour de force.
650		4	_aDentists _vFiction
650		4	_aOnline identity theft _vFiction
650		4	_aSelf-doubt _vFiction
650			_aIdentity (Psychology) _v--Fiction
650		4	_aSocial media _v--Fiction
651			_aNew York (N.Y.) _v--Fiction
655		4	_aPsychological fiction
655		4	_aHumorous fiction
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