Antkind

Praise

“There is something about this book’s extravagantly appointed lunacy that makes the lunacy of real life feel (briefly) more manageable.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Outrageously funny . . . a dyspeptic satire that owes much to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon . . . propelled by Kaufman’s deep imagination, considerable writing ability and bull’s-eye wit.”—The Washington Post

“An astonishing creation . . . riotously funny . . .  exceptionally good.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A sight to behold . . . Kaufman is a master of language.”—NPR

“Kaufman successfully blends the brain-wrapping narrative complexity of a Reddit wormhole with the laugh-a-page aplomb of Kurt Vonnegut.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Antkind is Kaufman pushing himself to every formal and social limit, no holds barred, bleak and devastating, yet marvelous.”—Los Angeles Review of Books

“I am reading a novel which amazes me, and unlike most of my reading these days which tend to influence my present work this book is influencing how I see my life . . . it’s called Antkind and it is unique, bold and fantastic. I recommend it to anyone who is puzzled about this illusion we hold of ‘life’ and its contradictions.”—Francis Ford Coppola

“This is a whopper of a book, bursting with the driest of humor, the strangest of scenarios, and the most brilliant of observations. It is wholly original, maddening, and marvelous.”—Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book

“Antkind is unbridled Kaufman energy and wit coming up against the limits of the imagination itself: discursive, subversive, and genuinely funny.”—Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End
 
“Each page is so stuffed with invention, audacity, and hilarity, it feels like an act of defiance. Antkind is a fever dream you don’t want to be shaken awake from.”—Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette

“Magnificent, genius, enraging, mysterious, joyous, terrifying, and, above all, hilarious! Within its pages, Antkind might contain the universe.”—Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less

“A tribute to the absurdity of story and ego and obsession that manages to criticize all of this as fiercely as it embraces it all . . .”—Mat Johnson, author of Pym and Loving Day

“Film, speculative fiction, and outright eccentricity collide in a wonderfully inventive yarn—and a masterwork of postmodern storytelling.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Pynchonesque . . . Kaufman’s debut brims with screwball satire and provocative reflections on how art shapes people’s perception of the world.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“This novel is magnificently imaginative . . . delivering a tragic, farcical, and fascinating exploration of how memory defines our lives.”—Booklist