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Charlie Barnes is a mid-century man devoted to his newspaper and his landline. But Charlie is about to get dragged into our troubled age by his storyteller son, who has a different idea of him than he has of himself. Then there are his other children, his ex-wives, present wife, business clients, friends and acquaintances, all of whom have their competing opinions of Charlie. A striver, romantic, and thoroughgoing capitalist, he's blindsided by the Great Recession and a dose of bad news. Rethinking his entire life, he starts to wonder- what makes a man real? What makes him good? And how does the story we tell about ourselves line up with the lives that we actually live?
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A Calling for Charlie Barnes, Joshua Ferris
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- Released
- 2022
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Joshua Ferris
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0241972957
- ISBN13
- 9780241972953
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Contemporary Fiction, Fun, Comedies
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Charlie Barnes is a mid-century man devoted to his newspaper and his landline. But Charlie is about to get dragged into our troubled age by his storyteller son, who has a different idea of him than he has of himself. Then there are his other children, his ex-wives, present wife, business clients, friends and acquaintances, all of whom have their competing opinions of Charlie. A striver, romantic, and thoroughgoing capitalist, he's blindsided by the Great Recession and a dose of bad news. Rethinking his entire life, he starts to wonder- what makes a man real? What makes him good? And how does the story we tell about ourselves line up with the lives that we actually live?