Hello, Person is a potent political satire a la David Foster Wallace, David Sedaris, David Berman, any good authors names David honestly. Consider this book’s ETA Hamburger U. and its Hal Incandenza none other than awkward and gangly Kevin Kapoor. This book’s key point is that it’s really funny. This can kind of distract you from the filler or “what happened to (X)” chapters if you just like to get to the point of what you’re reading, as reading an officially published work lacking an aura of complete effortlessness say the word “Juggalo.” It’s a pretty fantastic book although the down-to-earth and slice of life Part One where anything unrealistic or fantastical other than Phil himself is just driven from purely obeying the rules of a joke I vastly prefer to the odd apocalyptic ending that completely sends any down-to-earthness out the window. The book does a great job establishing its themes of corporate exploitation of resources through Phil, the dopey unicorn on the cover. The landscapes of stucco buildings and strip malls and large generically named corporations all out to get Phil- or on a metaphorical level, land, labor, and capital- it all weaves to you an image of the life we refuse to see, a life full of bland corporate scenery.
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