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Elliot Allagash
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Simon Rich dazzled readers with his absurdist sense of humor in his hilarious collections Ant Farm and Free-Range Chickens. Now comes Rich’s rollicking debut novel, which explores the strangest, most twisted, and comically fraught terrain of them all: high school.
Seymour Herson is the least popular student at Glendale, a private school in Manhattan. He’s painfully shy, physically inept, and his new nickname, “Chunk-Style”, is in danger of entering common usage. But Seymour’s solitary existence comes to a swift end when he meets the new transfer student: Elliot Allagash, evil heir of America’s largest fortune.
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Critic Reviews
“We hired Simon Rich at SNL because of his amazing short fiction. When he told us he was writing a novel we made it clear that were it not up to his previous high standard we would have no choice but to terminate his employment. Well, I just finished Elliot Allagash and I’m happy to say, he still has his job.” (Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live)
“I found Simon Rich’s first novel, about an evil teenage billionaire, to be suspenseful and hilarious. I am so glad I don’t have to lie in this blurb like I usually do.” (Judd Apatow, producer of Superbad and Knocked Up)
“One of the funniest books about high schoolers since The Catcher in the Rye.” (A. J. Jacobs, New York Times best-selling author)
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- Stephen Eren
- 12-16-21
Rich Strikes Rich
Simon Rich is one of the finest writers of our generation. I could not put this down. One day listen!
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- Reid Robinson
- 01-29-16
Great book.
Simon rich is a genius. So many concepts that I never would have even imagined, he just throws in as extra. This is great.
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