Fiction. Jewish Studies. "David Reich has written a funny, incisive novel about race, religion, and office politics. He's fearlessly unpious, observant, and witty, but he's also fair to his flawed and often enjoyably irksome characters. His gift for finding nuanced humanity in their semi-good intentions gives warmth and life to this quietly ambitious satire"--Carlo Rotella. "David Reich's thoughtful satire about a faithless Jewish editor of a magazine published by a post-Christian secular religion depicts a world where orthodoxy has replaced belief, where ideology has supplanted intelligence--a world easily mistaken for our own"--John Biguenet.

Author Hometown: Quincy, MA USA



About the author: Fiction and nonfiction by David Reich (M.F.A., Arkansas) have appeared in North American Review, Transatlantic Review, Beyond Baroque, The Smith, and other journals. An earlier novel, The Path of Bowling, was nominated for the Editor's Book Award. As a journalist for more than twenty years, Reich has published profiles and interviews of major figures in politics, the arts, law, law enforcement, and economics.

Reviews:
Kadzi Mutizwa in Prick of the Spindle
http://thescrambler.com/eng/issues/issue-41-august-2010/slowly-i-turn-in-my-ergonomic-desk-chair-the-antiracism-trainings/