{"product_id":"9780008759384","title":"Rejection","description":"Author: Tony Tulathimutte\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008759384\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A thrill for the sickos among us’ JIA TOLENTINO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Utterly inimitable’ RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unrelentingly brutal and gut-bustingly funny and spares no one’ CARMEN MARIA MACHADO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Symbiotically serious and funny' MEGAN NOLAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The funniest, darkest thing' ST VINCENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn audacious and original novel-in-stories following a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharply observant and outrageously funny, \u003cem\u003eRejection\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative plunge into the thorniest problems of modern life: sex, relationships, identity and the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious and debilitating nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that his feminism isn’t getting him laid; a young woman’s unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of both her sense of self and her group chat; and witness a shy late bloomer’s flailing efforts at a first relationship lead to a life-upending mistake. As these characters pop up in each other’s dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our delusions can warp our desire for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a losers’ manifesto, \u003cem\u003eRejection\u003c\/em\u003e by Tony Tulathimutte radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Book of the Year in \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire, Electric Literature and more\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A book of mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Tulathimutte is a big talent’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Blistering … takes a magnifying glass to the mind in the internet age’ VOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘There’s a volatile thrill to the writing … snortingly funny’ \u003cem\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Obsessively readable, acerbic, Foster Wallace–inflected’ \u003cem\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style … audacious, original and highly disturbing’ \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542738358430,"sku":"HPC-9780008759384","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008759384.jpg?v=1771567095","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008759384","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}