Eileen

Andrew's Pick We all live in X-ville. Eileen is the female anti-hero you've been waiting for. As compelling as Basil Fawlty (not Polly Sherman) and as endearing as The Ice King (not Marceline the Vampire Queen), with the added bonus of actual charm and selective empathy. Eileen narrates her story, a real page turner. By the end of chapter one, I was on the edge of my couch, judging all of her co-workers, shaking my head at her drunk father, and recognizing myself in her twisted little fantasies, making them my own. Description Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour.   So here we are. My name was Eileen Dunlop. Now you know me. I was twenty-four years old then, and had a job that paid fifty-seven dollars a week as a kind of secretary at a private juvenile correctional facility for teenage boys. I think of it now as what it really was for all intents and purposes--a prison for boys. I will call it Moore