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Bad Foundations

Brian Allen Carr

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English
Clash Books
01 May 2024
Bad Foundationsis a comedic absurdist novel about a home foundation inspector whose own home life is falling apart.

Cook does not have an ordinary job. He spends his days inspecting people's crawl spaces, cataloging their filth and photographing the decay. At his other job, as a father, he has to learn how to bond with his teenage daughter, but that's hard to do when covered in spider webs.

High on legal weed and searching for answers to life's mysteries, Cook works alongside similar colorful characters trying to make money and save for the future. That is until a bad sales month spirals out into a quantum stay at a surreal Ohio hotel.

New friendships are made, old curses are dealt with, and the local police force is put to the test. Told in a stylized working-class voice, Brian Allen Carr is a true raconteur of the American Midwest.
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Imprint:   Clash Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm, 
ISBN:   9781955904865
ISBN 10:   1955904863
Pages:   216
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Brian Allen Carr is the author of OPIOID, INDIANA, is an Aspen Words Finalist and a Wonderland Book Award winner. Originally from Texas, he lives in central Indiana with his family.

Reviews for Bad Foundations

"""Bad Foundations by Brian Allen Carr is a raw and ferocious journey into the heart of the working class. It bleeds desperation and devours hope. Brian Carr is a blue-collar Raymond Carver, a Midwest Philip Roth who opens the pulsating wound that is the myth of the American Dream."" --S.A. Cosby, best-selling author of RAZORBLADE TEARS and BLACKTOP WASTELAND""With the journalistic thoughtfulness of Studs Terkel and the frenetic powerhouse reporting energy of Hunter S. Thompson, Brian Allan Carr depicts everyday American life and people with an observant, witty, and tender eye. Carr's Southern and Midwestern lyrical heart is unmatched."" --Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author""The landscape of Middle America is grim but has glimmers of hope in this outstanding novel from Carr . . . Both gripping and timely."" --Publishers Weekly""Electrifyingly good."" --New York Magazine"


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