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| Attention. Deficit. Disorder.: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Brad Listi
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 359516
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1416912363
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416912361
ASIN: 1416912363
Publication Date: January 23, 2007
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Product Description
After Wayne Fencer, a recent film school grad, attends his ex-girlfriend's funeral, he struggles to come to terms with her suicide and the startling news that she was pregnant with his child. Desperate to understand and haunted by regret, Wayne begins a journey that takes him up and down the East Coast (on foot) and across the American West (in an RV), finally arriving at the Costco Soulmate Trading Outpost in the middle of the Black Rock Desert. Along the way, Wayne's journey becomes a series of meditations on modern life, drawing on everything from the ancient philosophy of Siddhartha Gautama to a visit with Gregorio Fuentes, Hemingway's fishing guide and inspiration for The Old Man and the Sea.A dazzling exploration of love, death, escape, home, and maturation set in the era of information overload, Attention. Deficit. Disorder. is highly original and exhibits an unforgettable voice that is Listi's alone.
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 An unconventional, moving tale November 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow. I had put off reading this book because of the decidedly mixed reviews it had received. I wish I hadn't waited. I just tore through this book in a few hours' time, and when I reached the end, it left me with that weird teary feeling that comes on when I really connect with a story.
The narrator of this book, Wayne, finds out that his ex-girlfriend has committed suicide. Over the course of the book, every decision he makes, each path he carves out is somehow colored by the horrible news he has received.
This is, in some sense, a road novel combined with A. J. Jacob's The Know-It-All, which, coincidentally, I just finished reading a couple of weeks ago. Wayne's narrative is populated with definitions of words and the history of places, inventions and ideas. It is not clear as you read that these devices are directly tied to the narrative. I understand that some readers become impatient with this. I think perhaps The Know-It-All conditioned me for this -- but for whatever reason, it worked for me.
By the end, I understood exactly what why these passages and digressions were there, and when I soaked up the last word of the last page, I experienced a moment of clarity about the narrator and his trajectory that startled me.
This review may sound fairly vague, but I'd hate to get more specific about the "message" of this book and color your own interpretation or ruin your own experience reading it. I am guessing that this is the kind of book that will mean different things to different people, and resonate with their own life experiences in different ways.
I recommend it to all, especially those who feel they can adapt to a somewhat experimental narrative form. I also wonder if this book will resonate more with men than women, but obviously I can't say...
 Seriously? June 22, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love a great book, but you can't seriously say this is one of those. Short chapters about absolutely nothing. If he's trying to recapture The Catcher In the Rye, or another coming of age classic, then he needs to get a new idea... Thankfully I didn't buy this book, but instead it was passed out a Beauty Fair for free. I guess that's one way for people to read your book.
If you are looking for a great read that captures your attention the whole time, then skip this one. I think I am finally understanding the title after all...since I had ADD reading this silly book. There's better books to spend your time with.
A great book of modern existentialism January 18, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a modern existentialist novel, it's hard to think of any book better executed than Attention. Deficit. Disorder. Brad Listi gives us a new Silas Marner, but in this version the loom that has worked patiently upon him is none other than the tumult of modern day society, awash in excess. I very much enjoyed Listi's device of inserted definitions - it's a phenomenon of modern society that we hunt for labels and categorizations like they're bears out in the woods. Wayne Fencer's journey is a great adventure not because of an epic plot but because of its smallest details, which is where the book (of course) devotes most of its energy. It also poses the interesting moral that we should, indeed, find the meaning of ourselves in the small stuff (and it's all small stuff).
The device of repeated phrases (in two adjoining sentences) intrigued me - it happens over a dozen times throughout the course of the book. This motif of repetition is well crafted - it echoes how we all keep seeing (for example) the same commercials over and over again, the same songs played on the radio, etc. And given the book's nod to Sartre's Nausea, the latching on to particular phrases rings true with the rest of Wayne's search.
Regarding other elements of style, Listi's pace is brisk and immersive. He has produced an enjoyable modern bildungsroman, and his character seems to rise like a phoenix from the Burning Man's ashes.
All in all, an excellent book, and well worth the time invested.
A pleasant surprise, and highly recommended. January 11, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wow. This is a great read, and feel I was lucky to stumble upon it. While the story and premise of the book more than held my attention, I found it was Listi's writing style that made the book unique and kept me turning the pages. I would love to see what Listi can do with other subject matters and I will make it a point to search out new releases in the future.
hot stuff January 4, 2007
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
this book is GOOD....i laugh, i cried, i enjoyed it completely.
it is a wonderfully written novel that combines adventure, philosophy, humor and lots of quirky references(the movie point break being one of my favorites)to tell the story of a young man's search for meaning and reason after tragedy rocks his life.
ADD is a unique book that beautifully illustrates the transformative power of a painful experience...it gets to the heart of what IT all is possibly about. hot stuff.
i look forward to more of Brad Listi's writing!
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