“Scholarly advice for dark times.”
—The New Yorker
“Provides a metric ton of misery and a lot of company.”
–The New York Times
“Teeming with aphorisms and hilarious one-liners… probably philosophy’s only beach read.”
—Vice
“Thacker is one of the most refreshing thinkers to come out of the United States in recent years.”
—The Quietus
“A refreshing addition to the contemporary resurgence of interest in the possibilities of the hybrid essay form.”
—ArtReview
“Belongs on the shelf next to the likes of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer… a desperate whisper into the void that is both haunting and heartbreaking.”
—Into the Void
“An unabashed ode to jaded misanthropy…Thacker’s sharp-elbowed observations about the endless stupidity that is all of us is perversely joyous.”
—Manhattan Book Review
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