The men can't be saved - ben purkert

Purkerts writing is a gift and it shines through these pages.

--HANIF ABDURRAQIB A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls? Seth is a junior copywriter whose latest tagline just went viral.

Hes the agencys hottest new star, or at least he wants his coworker crush to think so.

But while hes busy drooling over his future corner office, the walls crumble around him.

When his job lets him go, he cant let go of his job.

Thankfully, one former colleague cant let him go either: Robert Moon McCloone, a skeezy on-the-rise exec better suited to a frat house than a boardroom.

Seth tries to forget Moon and rediscover his spiritual self; he studies Kabbalah with an Orthodox rabbi by day while popping illegal prescription pills by night.

But with each misstep, Seth strays farther from salvation--though he might get there, if he could only get out of his own way.

In his debut novel, Purkert incisively peels back the layers of the male ego, revealing whats rotten and what might be redeemed.

Brimming with wit, irreverence, and soul-searching, The Men Cant Be Saved is a startlingly original examination of work, sex, addiction, religion, branding, and ourselves.