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When Rita McCall discovers her husband’s affair, there isn’t a lick of surprise—not a single tear or broken heart. Just a wife and mother who’s over it and ready to watch her twenty-three-year marriage go up in flames. Sticking close, thick as thieves since childhood, Rita’s unfailingly loyal cousins Jemel and Sharae become her lifeline. They stand beside her as she contemplates a new career and navigates the murky waters of being a preacher’s daughter disgraced by scandal.

Arthur McDowell works for the most indestructible employer left in post-apocalyptic America: the IRS. Safe and sound inside a government bunker, Arthur is proud to be just another drone. But for an ambitious man (and excellent typist) such as Arthur, a promotion to supervisor is just around the corner. Arthur's world flips when instead of a becoming supervisor, the brass makes him a census-taker. His task: to head out into the irradiated streets armed with paperwork and red tape. Assigned to him is a drug-addicted bodyguard, Rabia Duke, who could care less if they survive.

Un homme qui a perdu ses papiers à la suite d'un banal quiproquo, enquête pour retrouver son identité, avant de se résigner à devenir quelqu'un d'autre. Ce romain court ou cette longue nouvelle, qui commence devant un salon de toilettage pour finir dans un terrain vague, est avant tout une réflexion humoristique sur la fragilité de la notion de personne, et sur l'absurdité de l'existence.

Hal Harper is an independent filmmaker and Penny Garland is his beautiful, yet overbearing, über-Mormon fiancée. Max is her fat, dimwitted brother, and Josey is her loyal minion. Penny's mom, who has a few screws loose, is convinced Hal isn't good enough for her and will do anything to get between them. Simon Manners is a meddling returned missionary and Allison Lombardi is a redheaded distraction. Buddy Kennedy is an amoral businessman, MRV is a corrupt Jack Mormon politician, and Scruffy is a deranged talking teddy bear with a passion for murder and cannibalism.