Life As A Loser

by Will Leitch, Tom Perrotta

Every company he works for goes bankrupt within a month. His landlord just kicked him out. His parents think he's a failure. He can barely scrape up enough pennies to take the subway. Oh, and he's still dealing with his fiancée leaving him on national TV. Welcome to the world of Will Leitch. In this hilarious, poignant collection of his award-winning Internet columns (with all new material), Leitch takes us on journey from small-town Illinois to the madness of Manhattan and back again.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2005

About the author

Will Leitch lives in Athens, Georgia with his family and is the author of seven books, including the novels Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride, How Lucky and The Time Has Come. He writes regularly for New York, MLB.com, The New York Times and the Washington Post. He is the founder of the late website Deadspin. He also writes a free weekly newsletter that you might enjoy at williamfleitch.substack.com.

Reviews

[Angie Schneiderman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maybe it was the time in my life when I read this book (mid-20s), but I identified with the various essays/mini-memoirs of the author. I think part of it was processing the experience of growing up in a small town, and the realization of the amount of dysfunction one is surrounded by while growing up. ("Dysfunction" is a strong word, perhaps it is more accurate to phrase as a "different flavor of normal.") If you enjoy Leitch's style, check out the archives at blacktable.com - a wonderful collection of snark that ran for 3-4 years between 2003 and 2006.