I wonder if I would have enjoyed this book better had someone other than Sam Lipsyte read it.  I can understand an author wanting the extra royalty, and so committing to read a work to be published as an audiobook. Maybe some have told Lipsyte that he’s a great reader. And, maybe in person he is a great reader. But, for me there was a lack of drama in this audiobook. You had to search for the important in what sometimes seemed like a barrage of clever words. While the book has a narrative arc, it’s mainly about day to day ups and down of married life with kids in LA ~2010, while trying to find a creative center and/or spiritual meaning amidst the cacophony of day to day routines. Many have liked it (according to reviews), for me, “meh.”