Reposted by Ashton Politanoff
“In its preoccupation with what Politanoff calls the ‘abject-adjacent features’ of manospheric culture, Dad Had a Bad Day also has something in common with Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Yasmin Zaher’s The Coin.” —Anahid Nersessian
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Sad-Maxxing | Anahid Nersessian
Ashton Politanoff's new novel tells the story of sad dads and washed-up jocks vying for a phantom ideal of masculinity.
