God Hates Us All

A wry literary masterpiece, God Hates Us All is a coming-of-age tale for the apathetic generation. Hank Moody`s self-loathing yet darkly likeable narrator is a college drop-out-turned-accidental-drug-dealer enveloped in a world of contradictions. His boss — a bong-hitting, dreadlocked Pontiff figure — runs a remarkably organized and ingenious illegal trade patronized by, among others, a sweater-set-wearing Upper East Sider, a Wall Street hotshot, and a wannabe rock star with a hard-to-resist model girlfriend. The lonely narrator yearns for more than the tenuous but intimate thread he shares with his clients. To escape his mother`s desperate expectations, his father`s endless disappointments, and his certifiably insane ex-girlfriend, he moves to the city`s mecca of ambitious slackers — the Chelsea Hotel — where the pursuit of lust (and the rock star`s girlfriend) sends him on a series of well-intentioned misadventures that lead him right back where he started. Told in a unique and subtle voice, God Hates Us All is ironic, optimistic, and unforgettable.