"[A]n acerbic spoof of corporate retail giants . . . the novel displays . . . considerable storytelling gifts…the result is an eye-opening romp of narrative." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)Set in the American Southwest, Casey Gray’s ambitious tragicomic debut novel follows a group of customers and employees through the twenty-four hour work cycle inside a classic American institution-The Superstore. With a cast of characters including Ernesto, a local gang member struggling to choose his day job over a desultory life as a drug dealer; Wilma, a grandmother working double shifts to support her family; and Keith, a high school student with a penchant for filmmaking, Gray offers a humane and contemporary portrait of life on the suburban fringe. Discount is a triumphant and big-hearted novel you won’t soon forget."Fans of Jonathan Franzen and T. C. Boyle, Sam Lipsyte and Jonathan Tropper will flock to Gray’s hearty satire of rampant consumerism and corporate arrogance." -Booklist (starred review)"With this novel, Casey Gray leaps into the American literary landscape as an author who cannot be ignored." -Robert Boswell, author of Tumbledown, Mystery Ride, Crooked Hearts, and Century’s Son"By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, personal and political, and all in the very best ways." -Antonya Nelson, author of Funny Once"Unsentimental but huge-hearted, Discount is concerned only with literature’s bottom line-honesty and empathy." -Chris Bachelder, author of U.S.!, Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography, and Bear v. Shark "This book is an Altman film. . . . Gray combines a complex vision of the wide heart of America with an eye for all the things that are constantly wounding it." -David Mac Lean, author of The Answer to the Riddle Is Me
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