Overview
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Ralph Silverman was a foreign film buff, a victim of bullies, and a boy genius. He held long conversations with his pet parakeet and spent countless hours on a computer, creating mesmerizing music and solving problems in philosophy. He was a friend of great scholars and the son of a wealthy outer-borough businessman with shady associates and a secret second family. And, as he begins to take over the story from the narrator, Ralph finds himself in South Florida, physically abused and expelled into a frightening world of the unhousedāwith a broken pair of glasses, no money, and no shoes.
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From the celebrated author of Searching for Bobby Fischer, Anything Is Good is a hypnotically compelling tale of a man haunted by the fate of his childhood buddy, and of that friendās pleasures and misfortunes as he navigates an unhoused lifeāa life more complex and dramatic than a bypasser might ever imagine.
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āAnything Is GoodĀ .Ā .Ā . offers a deeply affecting dive into the lives of the unhoused. Its shifting perspective and changing narrative voice builds to a clarion call for greater empathy and understanding.ā āGeraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prizeāwinning author of March
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āAnything Is Good is the best portrait of homelessness Iāve read since George Orwellās Down and Out in London and Paris.Ā .Ā .Ā . Superbly written.ā āGabriel Byrne
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Praise for Fred Waitzkinās previous books
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āVery few writers can deliver a story with this much heartĀ .Ā .Ā . A great novel.ā āSebastian Junger
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āIāve seldom been so captivated by a book.ā āTom Stoppard
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āA gem of a book.ā āThe New York Times
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