Jenny in Corona

"""Jenny in Corona is by turns hilarious and devastating and profound. Stuart Ross has one of the strangest minds I've ever encountered; I say this not as a warning but as an enthusiastic endorsement."" —Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great Believers ""A beautiful, moving, and utterly strange novel."" — Centered on Books ""There's something wonderful about the way Stuart Ross sees the world and the way he translates that over into this book filled with confused people in confusing times. Jenny in Corona takes the mundane and twists it into something that is funny, bittersweet, and undeniably brilliant. He's given us the modern bildungsroman that we need as much as we deserve."" — Jason Diamond, author of Searching for John Hughes ""Stuart Ross is a natural, as very few novelists are. Jenny in Corona comes trippingly off the page, with a lightness of touch and wicked charm to spare. You can't not love his every deluded character—because he loves them so well himself. Alive inside forgotten time or some fugitive place, this is a tender farewell to the wreck of the 20th century. "" — Miles Klee, author of Ivyland and True False ""Jenny in Corona is a remarkable New York City novel, a book as funny as it is moving."" — Largehearted Boy ""This hilariously poignant novel from an indie press is seemingly flying under a lot of radars. It shouldn't be. Jenny in Corona is a must-read for those looking for something a little more peculiar than the typical recommendation. This is a career you'll want to follow."" —Debutiful ""This saga about Ty, a beyond-alienated business consultant and artisanal builder of doomed relationships, feels written by Joshua Ferris's even more mischievous brother. Each and every sentence is wonderful, full of hairpin turns, city fresh details, and insight. 'Never forget that Americans invented cheerleading, ' Ty warns us. I'll not forget this book. Irreverent, scathingly funny, and emotionally piercing, Jenny in Corona is a resplendent debut."" — Andy Mozina, author of Contrary Motion and Quality Snacks ""If you've ever doubted whether our contemporary discourse (much less predicament) could inspire truly stirring music, then Stuart Ross has a filibuster for you. Throughout Jenny in Corona, his prose evokes a dizzying assortment of past American masters of the sublimely vulgar, from Stanley Elkin to Joy Williams to Bret Easton Ellis to Ishmael Reed, all while carrying its own unmistakable tune with disarmingly perfect pitch. Call it the comic novel of now that we don't deserve — but with whose satiric insights we've been graced nevertheless."" — Joe Milazzo, author of Crepuscule W/ Nellie"