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Everything Hurts: A Novel

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About the Book

Phil Camp has a problem. Not the fact that he wrote a parody of a self-help book (Where Can I Stow My Baggage) that the world took seriously and became an international bestseller. And not the fact that he wrote the book under a phony name, Marty Fleck, and the phony guy became a self-help guru. No, Phil's problem is he has been walking with a limp for nine months. He is in constant pain, yet there is nothing physically wrong with his body that would cause the pain. His mind, that's another story. A story which leads him to Dr. Samuel Curto. A real author who wrote a real self-help book (The Power of "Ow!") that cured thousands of people with mind-induced pain. So, what happens when the self-help fraud meets the genuine item? Does he get better? Can he get out of his own way to help himself?

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“[Bill Scheft] plays both ends against the middle, satirizing our glib and cynical pop culture in a glib and cynical novel. Phil grows on us despite himself.”

—Amanda Heller, "The Boston Globe"

“A painfully funny novel.”

—"The Daily Beast"

“A wincingly funny, honest, and sardonic novel.”

—"Booklist"

“How rare it is for a novel to be both hilarious and profoundly moving. In "Everything Hurts "Bill Scheft is firing on all eight rumbling, throaty cylinders.”

—Richard Russo

“I have lived this story in real life, though mine wasn't nearly as funny, poignant, or compelling as his. On the other hand, I believe I'm much better looking than the fellow in this book and could probably take him in a fight.”

—Larry David

“Like [Woody] Allen, Scheft seems to know his way around the psychiatrist’s couch; he has a keen sense of the emotional pathways of depression and of how therapy awkwardly leads people into and out of their worst experiences. . . . Scheft’s rendering of family dysfunction is consistently sturdy. Much like Phil’s fictitious self-help book: meant as a gag, but with enough smarts to be taken seriously.”

—"Kirkus Reviews"

“Many mordant one-liners . . . Scheft is a skillful writer who can find laughs in unlikely situations.”

—Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"

“Pain is king and laughter is his fool. . . . The book achieves a subtle poignancy.”

—"Chicago Sun-Times"

“The writing is swift and breezy but with an underlying message that deals with guilt and pain. Because it's a novel, it’s more sit-down comedy than stand-up. . . . Sometimes you laugh only when it hurts.”

—Charles Lee Boyd, "The Post and Courier" (Charleston, SC)

  “Letterman writer Scheft skewers physical and emotional pain with a mercilessly comic touch and a bit of poignancy. . . . Phil is a wonderful protagonist, and Scheft’s biting wit coexists nicely with the undercurrent of uplift.”

—"Publishers Weekly"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781416599340
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster
  • Height: 140 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 417 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1416599347
  • Publisher Date: 07 Apr 2009
  • Binding: Other book format
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Novel
  • Width: 215 mm


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