GALLEY OF THE WEEK: THE ASK

We recently announced a new series, Galley of the Week, in which we'd touch on the galley that most excited us in the week's mail.  This installment looks at The Ask, the new novel from Sam Lipsyte, whose novel Homeland we admire immoderately.

We can't even seem to find cover art to taunt you with - the book isn't out until March - but we did locate this clip of the author reading a section from the novel:

We're especially interested in editor Lorin Stein's eloquent letter to Booksellers and ...