Nic Kelman

How to Pass as Human is an attempt on the part of the world's first android to understand the irrational, unpredictable, eclectic creatures known as human beings. Written in the form of a field guide, complete with sketches, graphs, flowcharts, and other reference materials, Android Zero (aka "Zach") has compiled a variety of useful information for future androids on how to pass undetected as human beings. Along the way, he also attempts to solve the mystery of his own creation with the help of Andrea, a human female who has taken an interest in him that may be more than friendly, and eventually leading him to "meet his maker" and discover the surprising purpose of his existence.

How to Pass as Human

Kelman was a Burchard Scholar at MIT where he studied Brain and Cognitive Sciences as an undergraduate. After spending a few years working in independent film, he attended Brown University on a full fellowship for his MFA in Creative Writing and where he was awarded the James Assatly prize for graduate fiction. He now writes and teaches in New York City.

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Girls

Full of voices that men dare not raise — even to themselves — this provocative novel is "a brutally seductive" and incisive exploration of male libido, identity, and power (Verve). Girls is an erotic spree, a journey into the most forbidden corners of male desire, a story about men who have been rendered numb by their power, who have sacrificed everything for success, who have lost their souls and can find meaning only by living vicariously, obsessively through young women. "It's hard to remember another recent novel that's so smart about male desire." —GQ London

girls

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"Girls is an erotic spree, a journey into the most forbidden corners of male desire, a story about men who have been rendered numb by their power, who have sacrificed everything for success, who have lost their souls and can find meaning only by living vicariously, obsessively through young women. These are the men who wear a ring that says "Peace" or "Dream More" (which she gave them). But they are not at peace; the ring won't work. These are the men who left their safe lives, their wives; lust sets them free/is like a prison. They have replaced their old dreams with dreams of the girls they yearn for. Because the wide-eyed wonder of youth gives them back a taste of what they've lost."--BOOK JACKET.

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