Cherrydial

This paperback book was a gift in more ways than one. A good friend pressed the copy into my hands with some handy hints at the humour and underlying plot. The Ask follows Milo’s struggles to win back his job in the funding department of a US university after losing it due to an underhand colleague. In the process we encounter a rich friend from his student days who returns to his life to set him a challenge that may bring back his career. There is much pathos at the state of the world today but set off with some engaging laugh out loud moments. Be careful where you read this book as you may not be able to hold back the laughter. Author Sam Lipsyte is wonderful at creating characters you can visualise immediately and dialogue that leaps from the page.