Peter Leroy constructs a plausible adult life for his grade school chum Matthew Barber, now living in Boston, where he is vice-president of a toy company by day, but becomes Bertram W. Beath, restaurant reviewer, when the sun goes down. Reservations Recommended is a satire of the critical mind; a dark commentary on contemporary culture; a story of midlife crisis; a morality play; and a book that matches bleakness against humor, seasoned throughout with B. W. Beath's hilariously acid reviews. We watch as Matthew Barber descends from a self-protective superiority into a species of madness, and into the dark night of the soul. "A brilliant satire." LA Life "A merciless sendup of contemporary American pretensions.' Janice Harayda, Cleveland Plain Dealer "Wonderfully readable ...touching and intelligent." Richard Gehr, The Village Voice
- ISBN10 1105873420
- ISBN13 9781105873423
- Publish Date 19 June 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 290
- Language English