Tales of Woe and Alienation: aka Dave's Diary

by paul

The poignant subversive coming-of-age tale of sex, drugs and all-around insanity in a boy's epic quest for love and meaning at the University of Chicago. "A gorgeous piece of writing" "Truly a treasure." "Deadly comical, sick and twisted, grotesque kind of guilty humor." "Compelling and shocking" "It blew me away." "Fu**ing amazing. Absolutely f**king amazing." "Very Holden Caulfieldish except less pretentious." "It's truly a captivating story and completely unpredictable. I return to reread the greatest parts constantly" "It hit me square between the eyes." "It's a bit perverse to get so much enjoyment from someone else's agony, but I can't help myself. I love it." "I cried, I laughed, I felt happy and sad... It really hit me hard." "Funny, insightful and touching." "An intellectual stimulation, an emotional release, and a real turn-on." 19 year old Dave, a sweetly na?ve dork, has just survived a calamitous freshman year at the most academically challenging university in the country. In the past year, his roommate tried to kill him. His best friend betrayed him. His supposed friends abandoned him. He almost went to jail. His mother tried to strangle him. And... he's still a virgin. With nothing left to lose, he shaves his head, dyes his hair, cuts off contact with everyone he knows and lets Housing randomly assign him new roommates in a remote dorm, a former luxury art deco hotel overlooking Lake Michigan. And just like that, things go from bad to... more disastrous and amazing than he could have ever imagined. Originally posted in serial format online, Tales of Woe became an internet sensation and was hailed by fans around the world until Dave took it down for complicated reasons best left for the sequel. It is now available in Kindle and Paperback versions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982961848
• ISBN13: 9781982961848
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 513 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"