Sam Pink’s *Rontel*, the first novel from innovative publisher Electric Literature, is a love letter to Chicago that's full of unrequited affection, brimming with contempt and admiration, gratitude and spite. Subversive and shamelessly honest, Rontel is Knut Hamsun's *Hunger* for the millennial generation, and deserves a place among the great works of loner fiction next to Céline, Fante, Camus, and Bukowski.
Joe Meno (*Office Girl*, *Hairstyles of the Damned*) says, “Funny as hell, searingly honest, and urgently real, Sam Pink’s *Rontel* puts to shame most modern fiction.” *Vice Magazine* calls Sam Pink "Moving without trying to be moving," and Tao Lin, author of *Shoplifting from American Apparel*, says, “This is the funniest book I have ever read.”
Sam Pink is the author of eight novels, including *Person* and *No Hellos Diet*. He lives in Chicago.
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Sam Pink’s *Rontel*, the first novel from innovative publisher Electric Literature, is a love letter to Chicago that's full of unrequited affection, brimming with contempt and admiration, gratitude and spite. Subversive and shamelessly honest, Rontel is Knut Hamsun's *Hunger* for the millennial generation, and deserves a place among the great works of loner fiction next to Céline, Fante, Camus, and Bukowski. Joe Meno (*Office Girl*, *Hairstyles of the Damned*) says, “Funny as hell, searingly honest, and urgently real, Sam Pink’s *Rontel* puts to shame most modern fiction.” *Vice Magazine* calls Sam Pink "Moving without trying to be moving," and Tao Lin, author of *Shoplifting from American Apparel*, says, “This is the funniest book I have ever read.” Sam Pink is the author of eight novels, including *Person* and *No Hellos Diet*. He lives in Chicago.