He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia. Its been a long eight years for American bioethicist-turned-author Jacob M Appel. Appel is an American author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic. Jacob M Appels The Man Who Wouldnt Stand Up wins Dundee Book Prize.
I absolutely loved this story and smiled while reading." - Goodreads Review. His short story collection, Scouting for the Reaper. It's outrageous and over-the-top comical with unbelievable situations that made me shake my head and say what's next!. Jacobs first novel, The Man Who Wouldnt Stand Up, won the Dundee International Book Award in 2012. "Jacob Appel's book is satire at its finest. Pierre, and was the recipient of the Dundee International Book Prize.
From the acclaimed author of The Biology of Luck comes a hilarious, Kafkaesque satire.Īrnold Brinkman is a shy and retiring botanist he loves his plants more than his country.īut when his refusal to stand for the national anthem at a baseball game causes a major media incident, he is thrown into a world of pushy patriots, preachers, and press.Īnd it's not going to get any easier when he refuses to apologise.Ī hilarious bullet into the heart of modern America, this novel mixes the literary sensibilities of Jonathan Franzen with the raucous satire of D.B.C.
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