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The underminer, or, The best friend who casually destroys your life / Mike Albo with Virginia Heffernan ; illustrations by Carl James Ferrero and Mike Albo.
Van Pelt Library PS3551.L268 U53 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albo, Mike.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Friendship.
- Passive-aggressive personality--Fiction.
- Passive-aggressive personality.
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 164 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Underminer
- Best friend who casually destroys your life
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005.
- Summary:
- You met in college, and nothing you've done since then is a secret. The Underminer knows every foolish ambition you've harbored, every person you wish you'd never slept with, every lame, fleeting fashion trend you've embraced-and always manages to remind you. The Underminer makes you feel suicidal. But the Underminer is your friend. You can't get rid of...
- Someone told you long ago that friends are spunky, loyal people who bring out your best. But this friend swerves casually in and out of your life, leaving you reeling with self-doubt at each encounter. No one prepared you for...
- Gorgeous, magnetic, and effortlessly successful, The Underminer knows everyone you know-and is beloved by your closest pals, your family, and at least two of your exes. Only you see the Underminer's sinister smile. Everyone but you loves...
- Mike Albo and Virginia Heffernan channel this mysterious and insidious evil-one we have all encountered. Through fifteen years of booming successes and miserable failures, they trace how this powerful friend slowly and relentlessly dismantles the life of a nameless victim. A new kind of horror lurks here-meet the subtle slayer of your hopes, the tactful destroyer of your dreams
- Contents:
- Bright Young Things 1
- Cool Days 13
- New on the Scene 25
- Single in the City 35
- Hangover 47
- Natural Health 53
- The Fat Flush '90s 63
- Art Stars 75
- Inner Odyssey 85
- Life After Death 97
- Loyal Companions 101
- In the Real World 113
- Wartime 123
- Office Job 131
- Settling 139
- Starting Over 157
- Epilogue: A gathering of friends 161.
- ISBN:
- 1582344841
- OCLC:
- 57134290
- Publisher Number:
- 9781582344843
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