The Great Indoorsman, Andrew Farkas
The Great Indoorsman, Andrew Farkas
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The Great Indoorsman
Essays

Author: Andrew Farkas

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2022


Synopsis

Many authors have traveled and explored the out-of-doors, both in life and then in their books, proving themselves stalwart, audacious, even heroic; Andrew Farkas is not among them. He is brave enough to admit that the outdoors isn’t for him. Instead, in these essays Farkas reports on his bold explorations of a very different territory: the in-of-doors, the waiting rooms, kitchens, malls, bars, theaters, roadside motel rooms, and other places that feature temperature control, protection from rampaging predators, and a higher degree of comfort than can be found outside.Farkas discovers that, just as the mannered and wonderfully (gloriously) artificial indoors influences us greatly, our lives are also controlled much more by fiction than by anything “real.” So come in out of the weather (it’s always terrible) and join the Great Indoorsman on his adventures, where he makes fun of pretty much everything, most of all himself.

About Andrew Farkas

Andrew Farkas is an assistant professor of English at Washburn University. He is the author of The Big Red Herring, Sunsphere, and Self-Titled Debut.

About Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathleen on February 01, 2022

Loved this book so. My blurb! “Absurdist and absurdly amusing, Andrew Farkas takes readers on a sublime tour through dive bars and coffeehouses, dilapidated movie theaters and dying malls. A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on July 12, 2022

Farkas's reverence for the indoors (the in of doors) is matched only by his love of storytelling. This is a book of yarns (stretch, spooled, and tangled), magnetic and kaleidoscopic in their perceptions. One is compelled forward not only by that mercurial phenomenon of place and memory but by the pu......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on April 14, 2023

Fantastic! The writing reminds me of David Foster Wallace.......more


Quotes

“A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for indoors, outdoors, or anywhere in between.” Kathleen Rooney, author of Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey