{"product_id":"what-gentlemen-do-isbn-9780771015465","title":"What Gentlemen Do","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreakingattempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he is trash: he lives in Walleye, a town everyone wants to leave; his parents are losing their home due to a bad cryptocurrency investment; his job at the used bookstore is a dead-end; Derby, the love of his life, cannot even look at him; and he’s worried he’s falling back under podcaster Josh Modley’s influence and the comfort of blaming everything on the “feminists, globalists, and communists.” Half-heartedly pursuing an associate degree, Waylon is enrolled in Philosophy 118: Introduction to Stoicism. He becomes entranced by these teachings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a voice that is by turns comic and unusually wise, \u003ci\u003eWhat Gentlemen Do\u003c\/i\u003e is an unvarnished look at a young man wrestling with the consequences of his actions, the shakiness of his beliefs, and jeopardizing important relationships. Waylon’s forced to dismantle his own perception of truth and hopefully gain something meaningful in the process.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhat Gentlemen Do\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Funny, furious, and quietly devastating. \u003ci\u003eWhat Gentlemen Do\u003c\/i\u003e gets at something most people miss about struggling cities—that they come back to life not from top-down policies but from the ground up, from a kid in a used bookstore, a song played in an empty downtown, a philosophy class that won't let you quit. A novel about placemaking that never once uses the word. Against the most depressing backdrop, Todd Babiak has written one of the most hopeful things I've read about our relationship to cities and place in years.” —\u003cb\u003eRichard Florida, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Urban Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Few writers can bring together humour, heart, and hope more thoughtfully and powerfully than Todd Babiak, even in a story set against a very bleak but all too real societal landscape. Brilliantly written, this novel tears you down and then lifts you up. Masterful.” —\u003cb\u003eTerry Fallis, two-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour\u003c\/b\u003eTODD BABIAK’s most recent novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Spirits Up\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonument\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as \u003ci\u003eThe Empress of Idaho)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSon of France\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCome Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year and a number one bestseller. His earlier work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Garneau Block\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a national bestseller, a longlisted title for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the winner of the City of Edmonton Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Stanley\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eToby: A Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal and won the Alberta Book Award for Best Novel. Todd Babiak is the co-founder of Story Engine and CEO of Brand Gold Coast.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233840214245,"sku":"NP9780771015465","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/what-gentlemen-do-isbn-9780771015465","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}