Keith Gessen: All the Sad Young Literary Men April 30, 2008

Keith Gessen much-praised first novel, 'All the Sad Young Literary Men,' is about the literary and romantic ambitions of three well-educated, tightly-wound young men. This black-comedy-in-stories alternates among three protagonists -- who have little contact with one another but who have in common age, bafflement and hunger for literary fame.