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Dad Had a Bad Day: A Novel
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"This book is a triumph. Impeccably, propulsively, and hilariously rendered, Politanoff writes about tennis like Barry Hannah wrote about alcohol—something swift, addictive, fun, life-giving and also totally filthy. Nobody writes like Ashton Politanoff." —Rita Bullwinkel, author of Headshot, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
“[I] could not put [Dad Had a Bad Day] down…[Politanoff's] atmospheric descriptions were spare but sensuous . . . his dialogue was perfectly rhythmic, to the point of be...
“[I] could not put [Dad Had a Bad Day] down…[Politanoff's] atmospheric descriptions were spare but sensuous . . . his dialogue was perfectly rhythmic, to the point of be...
From the B&N Reads Blog
Dad Had a Bad Day: A Q&A with Ashton Politanoff
Ashton Politanoff’s second novel, Dad Had a Bad Day, is a mind-bending foray into one father’s descent into an all-consuming obsession with tennis. Read on for an exclusive Q&A with Ashton and B&N bookseller Apoorva Kotaru on Dad Had a Bad Day.
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