Well, repeating voice and repeating themes are two very different things. I think the risk with Saunders writing a novel is that his syntactic wizardry may not pack the same punch over the length of a novel. Consider, for instance, "Bounty."

Note to self: "3/19, expect to hear whiny soprano through earbuds of strangers on train to work."

Oh, well. Guess I'll have to stick to judging their character.

Hey, son, have you heard of this "Bono Iver" fellow? I just discovered him through my BMG music subscription. I guess he's sort of on the down-low tip? Well anyhoo, I think he was the lead singer for "You Too."

And thereby totally validating her decision to break up with him for being a giant pussy with a child's approach to human emotion.

"Bro, this is between you and me, but sometimes I'm like, Shit, the Holocaust was fucked up. Does that mean I'm gay?"

Now she'll have no choice but to sing for real at the Super Bowl, even as she is lowered in upside-down on wires and, for the finale, launched out of the stadium by the hydraulic Bud Light Lime Krunk Kannon.

What happens when you actually homeschool your children and prohibit them from watching TV like you said you would.

In the spirit of nostalgia I'll bring my Umbros and fear of permanent virginity!

According to Franco's On the Feralization of Man in the 21st Century:

Hot Tub Time Machine 2: Anonymous Footjob

Wait, what are you supposed to fill a hot tub with?

Maybe the characters return to the hot tub just for a relaxing soak and don't travel in time at all. Otherwise, what a waste of a perfectly good hot tub.

Looks like it's again time to stock up on white face paint, Depp.

Amen.

Fifty Galaxies of Grey or GTFO.

Pelevin has a new book on deck? Funny you should mention it here: I just finished Buddha's Little Finger and picked up the new Saunders (oh, and read "The Overcoat" and "The Nose" in between, no shitting).

Nah, I'm looking for something more along the lines of Two Broke Girls meets Perfect Strangers.

The Midwest is the North African Plains of the Western hemisphere.

She is a giant whore.