An over-educated under-employed man struggles to complete his novel and get his life together over the course of one scorching hot Swedish summer in this clever provocative and hilarious novel that is already an acclaimed sensation abroad.Convinced of his own moral and intellectual superiority the nameless protagonist of this debut novel is also paralyzed by self-consciousness. Yet inspired by Stephen Kings On Writing he decides to dedicate four hours a day to work on his own novel over the course of one summer. Only he must also balance his creative goals with a part-time government job and looking after his girlfriends possibly brain-damaged Pomeranian dog. Too bad hes uninspired by his job almost kills the dog and realizes his novel is slowly morphing into misguided fan fiction about French writer and enfant terrible Michel Houellebecq. Even when hes alone he cant help but pontificate before an imagined audience making over-the-top cases for and against all manner of culture war battles referencing everyone from Spike Lee to Grumpy Cat. He obsesses over identity politics and veers into dangerous territory as he and his androgynous girlfriend engage in sexual role-play. Hes an emblem of all the follies of our age--happily unaware that in his refusal to be ordinary hes become a walking clich of misguided manhood. The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a portrait of a person belatedly coming of age a blistering takedown of a privileged man who believes hes a revolutionary and a crackling firework display of comic brilliance (Svenska Dagbladet Sweden).
