To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, (Paperback)

from Perednia

Paul is an ordinary dentist with minor quirks. He has a practice in Manhattan but adores the Boston Red Sox. That was his father's team, and some of his best-preserved memories are of being a boy, sitting at his father's feet, during games. If only his father hadn't fallen victim to despair and k...

from chrisblocker

Dr. Paul O'Rourke, DDS, is one of those characters you can't help but love to hate. And hate to love. He is such a curmudgeon. When O'Rourke is not busy making feeble attempts at normal conversation or getting lost in thoughts while seeing a patient, he is often enveloped in the most hilarious of...

from Eesil

I won this book on Goodreads. I really enjoyed this book -- primarily for the writing. The main character Ferris created was pitch perfect in his cringe making self delusions and sincerity. His inner musings were at times brilliant. It is quite a feat to make a dentist into such an interesting, p...

from kidzdoc

A self absorbed and incredibly annoying dentist from the Upper East Side of Manhattan ruminates about his difficult and unhappy life. This is one of the three books that were chosen for the Booker Prize shortlist that are included in my worst 10 books of 2014.

from EBT1002

This vaguely post-modern novel about Paul C. O'Rourke, DDS, was short-listed for the Booker Prize. I don't get it. Yes, it had humorous moments and is a creative approach to nihilistic exploration of alienation and loneliness. And I'm willing to spend 337 pages inside the head of someone wholly u...