- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
What do you do when you discover that your insignificant other is becoming more significant than your spouse?
Richard Rossi works in HR at a Boston-based software company and prides himself on his understanding of the foibles and fictions we all use to get through the day. Too bad he’s not as good at spotting such behavior in himself.
What else could explain his passionate affair with Benjamin, a very unavailable married man? Richard suggests birthday presents for Benjamin's wife and vacation plans for his kids, meets him for "lunch" at a sublet apartment, and would never think about calling him after business hours.
Since Richard is not entirely available himself—there's Conrad, his adorable if maddening partner to contend with—it all seems perfect. But when cosmopolitan Conrad starts spending a suspicious amount of time in Ohio, and economic uncertainty challenges Richard's chances for promotion, he realizes his priorities might be a little skewed.
With a cast of sharply drawn friends, frenemies, colleagues, and personal trainers, Insignificant Others is classic McCauley—a hilarious and ultimately haunting social satire about life in the United States at the bitter end of the boom years, when clinging to significant people and pursuits has never been more important—if only one could figure out what they are.
Richard Rossi works in HR at a Boston-based software company and prides himself on his understanding of the foibles and fictions we all use to get through the day. Too bad he’s not as good at spotting such behavior in himself.
What else could explain his passionate affair with Benjamin, a very unavailable married man? Richard suggests birthday presents for Benjamin's wife and vacation plans for his kids, meets him for "lunch" at a sublet apartment, and would never think about calling him after business hours.
Since Richard is not entirely available himself—there's Conrad, his adorable if maddening partner to contend with—it all seems perfect. But when cosmopolitan Conrad starts spending a suspicious amount of time in Ohio, and economic uncertainty challenges Richard's chances for promotion, he realizes his priorities might be a little skewed.
With a cast of sharply drawn friends, frenemies, colleagues, and personal trainers, Insignificant Others is classic McCauley—a hilarious and ultimately haunting social satire about life in the United States at the bitter end of the boom years, when clinging to significant people and pursuits has never been more important—if only one could figure out what they are.
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Content
Dinner and Monogamy
Ego and the American Century
Faster, Faster, Faster
The Best Position
My Husband
The At Least List
Tuscany
Anything
The Bad Guy
Going Down
Why Not?
Picking at Scabs
A Beautiful Disaster
Prayers
The Brandon Factor
Champ
Caught
Discrimination
Support
Feminism
Mother Issues
Somethingâs Brewing
Normalcy
A Bookcase
Family Matters
Is That All There Is
Health
Training
Fitness Works?
Routine
Important Ghosts
Cooking
Bounce, Bounce, Bounce
Piece of Cake
A Brief, Blurry Sketch
Conradâs Wife
An Opening
Blameless and Dashing
Two Toasters
The Intensifier
Luther
A Proper Hello
How Cute
Tenderness
Together Again
Good Game?
Mom and Dad
His Perspective
Now or Never
Violent Movies
A Slight Advantage
Broken Window
Baby?
Ambitions
Too Early?
Donât Touch
Clarke
Open Sky
Unsure Footing
Good News
Religious Principles
Good Grammar
What Happened
Another Basement
The Wrong Things
Surprised?
A Little Talk
A Huge Favor
Tact
Fatuous
Cooking
Slapped in the Face
Dinner?
Poison
Disney
âDaddyâ
Again?
Multiplex
Test Drive
A Whole Lot More Interesting
Whatâs Going On
Whatâs Going On...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Content
- Dinner and Monogamy
- Ego and the American Century
- Faster, Faster, Faster
- The Best Position
- My Husband
- The At Least List
- Tuscany
- Anything
- The Bad Guy
- Going Down
- Why Not?
- Picking at Scabs
- A Beautiful Disaster
- Prayers
- The Brandon Factor
- Champ
- Caught
- Discrimination
- Support
- Feminism
- Mother Issues
- Somethingâs Brewing
- Normalcy
- A Bookcase
- Family Matters
- Is That All There Is
- Health
- Training
- Fitness Works?
- Routine
- Important Ghosts
- Cooking
- Bounce, Bounce, Bounce
- Piece of Cake
- A Brief, Blurry Sketch
- Conradâs Wife
- An Opening
- Blameless and Dashing
- Two Toasters
- The Intensifier
- Luther
- A Proper Hello
- How Cute
- Tenderness
- Together Again
- Good Game?
- Mom and Dad
- His Perspective
- Now or Never
- Violent Movies
- A Slight Advantage
- Broken Window
- Baby?
- Ambitions
- Too Early?
- Donât Touch
- Clarke
- Open Sky
- Unsure Footing
- Good News
- Religious Principles
- Good Grammar
- What Happened
- Another Basement
- The Wrong Things
- Surprised?
- A Little Talk
- A Huge Favor
- Tact
- Fatuous
- Cooking
- Slapped in the Face
- Dinner?
- Poison
- Disney
- âDaddyâ
- Again?
- Multiplex
- Test Drive
- A Whole Lot More Interesting
- Whatâs Going On
- Whatâs Going On II
- Sick Days
- Bridged
- Off the Charts
- Fish Stew
- Sliced Open
- Act III
- Walmi Approves
- Lewis Disapproves
- Dead Zone
- Wants
- Indoor Golf
- The Back Room
- Nice Meeting You Here
- Ugly
- A New Attitude
- You Eat?
- We Both Know
- The Whole Truth
- As It Had Been
- Good Listener
- Salvation Army
- Thorns
- Time for a Drink
- Quarantine
- A More Proper Hello
- As It Turns Out
- A Start
- Acknowledgments
- Back Cover
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