Book Review: “Set for Life” by Andrew Ewell

<p>There seems to be a new trend lately in novels being published, usually by first-time male writers, about men who are, in some capacity, outright failures as human beings. In&nbsp;<a href="https://zachary-houle.medium.com/book-review-the-golem-of-brooklyn-by-adam-mansbach-2f63c11cbaaf" rel="noopener"><em>The Golem of Brooklyn</em></a>, a young man gets stoned and creates a giant golem out of clay that comes to life. In&nbsp;<a href="https://zachary-houle.medium.com/book-review-the-men-cant-be-saved-by-ben-purkert-8aeac48ea4f8" rel="noopener"><em>The Men Can&rsquo;t Be Saved</em></a>, a junior copywriter loses his job and then pursues (some may say stalks) a woman to a neighbouring state. Well, in the forthcoming&nbsp;<em>Set for Life</em>&nbsp;(which sneakily shares a title with a real-life get-rich-quick self-help book), a man fails at writing a novel on a trip to France and comes back to New York City and environs to only sleep with his best friend&rsquo;s wife. That&rsquo;s the crux of this novel, which goes on to show how &mdash; spoiler alert! &mdash; this man will proceed to lose everything that&rsquo;s in any way meaningful to him: his marriage, his job, his way of living.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://zachary-houle.medium.com/book-review-set-for-life-by-andrew-ewell-c0a34149b9ab"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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