What About Bill Gates?: A Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
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What happens when ordinary life collides with the towering myth of modern success? What About Bill Gates? is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Saxby Pridmore that chronicles the inner world of a protagonist grappling with questions of worth, ambition, and the absurdity of measuring one's life against the titans of the age. Set against the backdrop of contemporary society, the novel presents a wry and psychologically astute portrait of a man confronting his own mediocrity with equal parts despair and dry wit. Pridmore, a practicing psychiatrist and published poet, brings a rare clinical insight to his fiction, illustrating the fine line between rationality and obsession with unsettling precision. The novel's spare, understated prose masks a profound inquiry into modern anxiety, identity, and the cultural mythology of wealth and genius. For readers who have ever paused to wonder whether they measure up — and suspected, with a sinking feeling, that they do not — this quietly subversive novel will linger long after the final page.
Author: Saxby Pridmore
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when ordinary life collides with the towering myth of modern success? What About Bill Gates? is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Saxby Pridmore that chronicles the inner world of a protagonist grappling with questions of worth, ambition, and the absurdity of measuring one's life against the titans of the age. Set against the backdrop of contemporary society, the novel presents a wry and psychologically astute portrait of a man confronting his own mediocrity with equal parts despair and dry wit. Pridmore, a practicing psychiatrist and published poet, brings a rare clinical insight to his fiction, illustrating the fine line between rationality and obsession with unsettling precision. The novel's spare, understated prose masks a profound inquiry into modern anxiety, identity, and the cultural mythology of wealth and genius. For readers who have ever paused to wonder whether they measure up — and suspected, with a sinking feeling, that they do not — this quietly subversive novel will linger long after the final page.