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Ruff tells a surprisingly dense story that boils down to a journey of self-discovery. Andy Gage, created two years ago, is the public face of a multiple personality. There are hundreds of souls in his head, governed by his father as Andy lives in a house on a lakeshore. In the world outside, Andy works on ambitious, but unlikely, virtual reality projects. There, new programmer Penny Driver turns out to be a multiple personality, too, and the boss wants Andy to help her. Several of Penny's other souls ask for help, which Andy finally, reluctantly, agrees to give, thereby setting himself on a path that threatens the stability of his house. It seems Andy isn't as cured as he thought he was. There are still secrets in his hometown and in his mind, secrets that could destroy him. Because of the high quality of characterization in it and the unusual route the many souls of Andy Gage must take on his journey of self-discovery, this is an engaging piece of work. Regina Schroeder
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"...his matter-of-fact depiction of the relationships between different personalities is remarkable for its imaginative details." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Set This House in Order brings extraordinary warmth to the chilliest of childhoods." -- O magazine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ruff tells a surprisingly dense story that boils down to a journey of self-discovery. Andy Gage, created two years ago, is the public face of a multiple personality. There are hundreds of souls in his head, governed by his father as Andy lives in a house on a lakeshore. In the world outside, Andy works on ambitious, but unlikely, virtual reality projects. There, new programmer Penny Driver turns out to be a multiple personality, too, and the boss wants Andy to help her. Several of Penny's other souls ask for help, which Andy finally, reluctantly, agrees to give, thereby setting himself on a path that threatens the stability of his house. It seems Andy isn't as cured as he thought he was. There are still secrets in his hometown and in his mind, secrets that could destroy him. Because of the high quality of characterization in it and the unusual route the many souls of Andy Gage must take on his journey of self-discovery, this is an engaging piece of work. Regina Schroeder
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"...his matter-of-fact depiction of the relationships between different personalities is remarkable for its imaginative details." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Set This House in Order brings extraordinary warmth to the chilliest of childhoods." -- O magazine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I met Penny Driver two months after my twenty-eight birthday-or two months after my second birthday, depending on how you want to count it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bracing planks, fucking mouse, pumpkin field, tall policeman, data suit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chief Bradley, Andy Gage, Officer Cahill, Aunt Sam, Autumn Creek, Warren Lodge, Seven Lakes, Bridge Street, Reality Factory, Julie Sivik, Verna Driver, Penny Driver, Ben Deering, Trash Town, Horace Rollins, Quarry Lake, Billy Milligan, Bit Warehouse, South Dakota, Ann Arbor, Morgan Driver, Althea Gage, Captain Marco, Foul Mouth, Rapid City New!
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I met Penny Driver two months after my twenty-eight birthday-or two months after my second birthday, depending on how you want to count it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bracing planks, fucking mouse, pumpkin field, tall policeman, data suit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chief Bradley, Andy Gage, Officer Cahill, Aunt Sam, Autumn Creek, Warren Lodge, Seven Lakes, Bridge Street, Reality Factory, Julie Sivik, Verna Driver, Penny Driver, Ben Deering, Trash Town, Horace Rollins, Quarry Lake, Billy Milligan, Bit Warehouse, South Dakota, Ann Arbor, Morgan Driver, Althea Gage, Captain Marco, Foul Mouth, Rapid City New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Young Frankenstein: A Novel by Gilbert Pearlman (Adapter) on page 331
- Jane Austen (Critical Issues) by Darryl Jones on page 158
- Fool on the Hill: A Novel by Matt Ruff in Front Matter
- The Little Mermaid (Disney/Book and Cassette) by Walt Disney on page 468
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