Right Livelihoods Three Novellas Author:Rick Moody RIGHT LIVELIHOODS begins with a cataclysmic vision — of New York City after the leveling of 50 square blocks of — Manhattan. Four million have died. Albertine, the "street — name for the buzz of a lifetime," is a mind-altering drug that — sets The Albertine Notes in motion. The collection's second — novella, K & K, concerns a lonely young office mana... more »ger at
an insurance agency, where the office suggestion box is
yielding unpleasant messages that escalate to a scary pitch.
Ellie Knight-Cameron's responses to these random diatribes
illuminate the toll that a lack of self-awareness can take.
At the center of The Omega Force is a buffoonish former
government official in rocky recovery. Dr. "Jamie" Van
Deusen is determined to protect his habitat--its golf
courses (and Bloody Marys), pizza places (and beers) from
"dark-complected" foreign nationals. His patriotism and
wild imagination are mainly fueled by a fall off the wagon.
Only Rick Moody could lead us to feel affection for this
man and the other misguided, earnestly striving characters
in these alternately unsettling, warm, trio of stories.« less
Suzanne reviewed Right Livelihoods: Three Novellas on
Three beautifully told, unsettling stories of the enormous power and frailties of the human mind. The last story is especially disturbing, yet fantastic, and reminds me of the films "Solaris" with George Clooney and maybe "The Matrix," too.