10:04, by Ben Lerner: EW review

The unnamed narrator of Lerner’s second novel, much like Lerner himself, is the toast of literary New York. The glowing reviews for his first book and a short story in The New Yorker lead to a huge advance for his second tome. To keep the momentum going, his agent suggests that he write it for a wider audience. However, the real Lerner (Leaving the Atocha Station) shuns commercialism for a funny, deeply observational metafictional romp. A