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| February 01, 2008 | Greczek, Kevin | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Gessen, Keith. All the Sad Young Literary Men. Viking. Apr. 2008. c.242p. ISBN 978-0-670-01855-0. $24.95. F

In his first novel, Russian-born Gessen (founder, n+1) continues many of the same themes of his excellent short story "Like Vaclav," often with hilarious results. The book focuses on Sam, Mark, and Keith, young "literary men" with ambitious plans to change the world. Unfortunately, these plans are often derailed by their difficulties in dealing with young adulthood. Mark is not so diligently working on a dissertation about the Mensheviks in dreary Syracuse, NY, while reeling from a recent divorce.…

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