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"F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" (The Village Voice) in this inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe - from the author of Why We Came to the City As early as he can remember, the narrator of this remarkable novel has wanted to become a writer. From the jazz clubs of Manhattan to the villages of Sri Lanka, Kristopher Jansma's hopelessly unreliable - yet hopelessly earnest - narrator will be haunted by the success of his greatest friend and literary rival, the brilliant Julian McGann, and endlessly enamored with Evelyn, the green-eyed girl who got away. A profound exploration of the nature of truth and storytelling, this delightful picaresque tale heralds Jansma as a bold, new American voice.
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My second novel "Why We Came to the City" has been called "a beautiful, sprawling and generous book [..] a heartfelt novel, tender and painful and cathartic all at once. " (Michael Schaub, NPR Books) and a "wonderful, unforgettable novel [...] which leads to profound questions about causes and what comes next. " (Kit Reed, The Miami Herald) .My previous novel, "The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards" has been called "a breathless work" (Time Out NY) , a "wildly recursive fun house of a novel(NPR Books) , "F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson" (Village Voice) and a "mind-blowing spiral of a book" (Book Reporter) .I am an Assistant Professor of English/Creative Writing at SUNY New Paltz College. More at
