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“benjamin nugent”

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  • Good Kids

    A Novel

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    The critically acclaimed author of American Nerd makes his fiction debut with this romantic tragicomedy about a teenage boy and girl who discover his dad is having an affair with her mom. For readers of Chad Harbach and Jennifer Egan, and fans of filmmakers like Noah Baumbach.At fifteen, Josh Paquette and Khadijah Silverglate-Dunn catch Josh’s father and Khad ijah’s mother kissing in a natural ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fraternity

    Stories

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    Voiced by an off-kilter chorus of the young and desperate to belong, Benjamin Nugent's provocative collection pries the fraternity door off its hinges, daring us to peer inside with amusement, horror, and also love.In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: Delta Zeta Chi. Here, we meet Newton, the beloved chapter president; Oprah, the sensitive reader; Petey, the treasurer, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Nerd

    The Story of My People

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal nerd? Where did the modern jock come from? When and how did being a self-described nerd become trendy? As the nerd emerged, vaguely formed, in the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    Best known for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among them, would become '90s classics, helping to define an understated aesthetic that owed as much to the melodic emphasis of The Beatles as it did to punk. In ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Fraternity

    Stories

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    Narrated by Peter Ganim, Jesse Eisenberg ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 41 min

    ***This program includes Jesse Eisenberg's narration of the story God, previously recorded for the Paris Review Podcast*Voiced by an off-kilter chorus of the young and desperate to belong, Benjamin Nugent’s provocative collection pries the fraternity door off its hinges, daring us to peer inside with amusement, horror, and also love.**In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Good Kids

    by Benjamin Nugent ...
    Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours

    The critically acclaimed author of American Nerd makes his fiction debut with this romantic tragicomedy about a teenage boy and girl who discover his dad is having an affair with her mom.At fifteen, Josh Paquette and Khadijah Silverglate-Dunn catch Josh's father and Khadijah's mother kissing in a natural foods store. They make a pact never to cheat on anyone, ever. They have no problem keeping the ... Read more

    $21.95 USD