Josh Barkan was awarded a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006. He taught writing at Harvard University and Boston University and is the author of the story collection Before Hiroshima. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Yale, he lives in New York City.
"Blind Speed is a crazy-assed adventure of a novel, one that
hilariously explores the serious issues of this era and every
other: faith, love, ambition and its discontents, the possibility
of spiritual regeneration, not to mention sibling rivalry and where
to get a drink late at night in Boston. Josh Barkan has written a
book that is whip-smart, but whose central allure resides in its
oversized heart." --Steve Almond, author of (Not that You Asked)
and Candyfreak
"Blind Speed is a rip-roaring read that will propel you to the next
page until you laugh your way across the finish line. Rarely does a
novel manage to capture so many facets of the culture at
large--Cool prose and piercing insights from a hot new talent."
--Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American
Prometheus
"Part farce, part political satire, part metafiction, Blind Speed
is a rich fictional stew. Josh Barkan has written an energetic
modern-day picaresque." --Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children
and The Abstinence Teacher
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