"One of 2012's most enjoyable novels." --Neil Genzlinger, "The New York Times" "This is a dark, sharp, very funny novel about imprisonment, torture and the dangerous pleasures of stories." --Zoe Heller, "Notes on a Scandal"

"Seth Kaufman's novel is a hoot and a boot, a zany, unsettling, satisfying, post post-modern, tragic-comic tour of prisons around the world and pain in the human heart. Start it and you won't stop. If you're a claustrophobe, read it out-of-doors." --John Darnton, "Neaderthal"

A riotously funny portrait of an out-of-control entertainment mogul and a devastating look...

"Great fun "-Ben Schott, author of Schott's Original Miscellany "Sharp satire with a poetic heart"-The B&N Review "Seth Kaufman's War Against Boredom is a great antidote to this Kardashianized landscape of selfie-sticks, ISIS attacks, and billionaire presidential wannabes. With lacerating satire, these short stories, riffs, and other insanities will make you laugh. Only our hashtags and Instagram pics can save us now." -- Karl Wolff, The Driftless Area Review The War Against Boredom, by newyorker.com humor contributor Seth Kaufman, is a hilarious and wildly inventive assault on the...

The Most Hilarious Man in Hollywood Is Unarmed and Dangerous

"A smart, witty and engrossing satire Kaufman is a wonderfully sharp-eyed observer of modern American lunacies." -Zoe Heller, "Notes on a Scandal"

"Literary gold " The year's best new reality show concept is actually a book... It's as hilarious as it sounds "-RadarOnLine.com "Rick is a charismatic antihero bolstered by credible side characters, and in the midst of Kaufman's sardonic humor, there rings out an earnest outcry for gun reform." - Publishers Weekly Out-of-control producer Rick Salter wants to leave reality TV...