The Slip

A comic, thoughtful examination of viral culture through the lens of a technologically out-of-touch, middle-aged protagonist Casts a wide satirical net on an era where social media can amplify a gaffe into a full-on scandal in a matter of minutes Highlights the way social media can steer conversations for good and for ill Similar to classics of the “absent-minded professor” narrative, with nods to Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, and Mordecai Richler Author's previous book,

Sad Peninsula

was praised by the

Guardian ,

Quill & Quire ,

Publishers Weekly , and the

Literary Review of Canada

Far from being a simple send-up of a social media–obsessed society,

The Slip

takes on the often clueless misogyny that abounds in contemporary discussions, and Philip is forced to confront his way of thinking