"The charm and grit of Nersesian's voice is immediately enveloping, as the down-and-out but oddly up narrator of his terrific novel,
The Fuck-Up, slinks through Alphabet City and guttural utterances of love."
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Village Voice "For those who remember that the eighties were as much about destitute grit as they were about the decadent glitz described in the novels of Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney, this book will come as a fast-paced reminder."
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Time Out "Not since
Catcher in the Rye, or John Knowles's
A Separate Peace, have I read such a beautifully written book . . ."
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Grid magazine
"Touted as the bottled essence of early eighties East Village living,
The Fuck-Up, is, refreshingly, nothing nearly so limited . . . A cult favorite since its first obscure printing in 1991, I'd say it's ready to become a legitimate religion."
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Smug magazine
"Fantastically alluring! I cannot recommend this book highly enough!"
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Flipside