The Tournament of Books begins today on a rather inauspicious note:
There’s no comparison between Jeff Parker’s Ovenman and Denis Johnson’s Tree of Smoke.
Ovenman is “a slacker comedy about a ne’er-do-well of the restaurant world”; Tree of Smoke is “a masterpiece.” If you still can’t guess who wins the first bracket, click here to find out.
You might also want to read the off-color commentary.
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