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Benjamin Nugent
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American Nerd: The Story of My People
— published 2007 — 7 editions |
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Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing
— published 2004 — 5 editions |
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Good Kids
— published 2013 — 3 editions |
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Good Kids: A Novel
by Benjamin Nugent (Goodreads Author), Charlie Thurston — published 2013 |
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Three things this novel does that I wish more contemporary novels did: Renders the way people stammer at each other Juxtaposes of families and lovers being awkward and conflict-avoidant with each other with super-dramatic sex and death scenes Makes me...more |
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“I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.”
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
“Before i launch into a discussion of what a nerd is and where the idea of nerds comes from, I'd like to diclose that when i was eleven, I had a rich fantasy life in which I carried a glowing staff.”
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
“When Americans vote for a particular candidate, they vote for the candidate who reminds them of the kind of person they would have eaten lunch with.”
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
― Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People
