BREAKING: Blogger Has Awful Taste in Books

As one of likely two book club members who read Gawker's sports blog, Deadspin, the responsibility of reporting book club-related info appearing on that site probably falls to me.

So! It turns out Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio differs greatly with book club consensus regarding one of our selections. When asked by an emailer who his favorite author and book are, he writes:

Favorite author right now is Charles Bock. Go grab "Beautiful Children" and read it 50 times. It's excellent.

50...times...? He is an Eagles fan, so maybe self-punishment is part of his DNA.

Eh? Eagles fan joke? Anyone?

Beautiful Children

Those of you clamoring to know our June book club pick (say, maybe because you're preparing to get on a plane to LA) should check the sidebar--it's Beautiful Children by Charles Bock. I'm sure Helen will set it up more thoroughly in the future, but here are some things to get you started:

• Here is Charles Bock on TitlePage.tv, where he was roundly teased for wearing a concert t-shirt under a True Value button up
• Here is Bock's complicated-but-lauded website
  
• And for extra credit this month, read The Delivery Man by Joe McGinniss Jr. It covers much of the same territory as Beautiful Children, and I'd love to discuss the intersection of the two novels, as well as how interesting it is that Las Vegas is turning into a *real* city, with teenage unrest and rock bands and novels of its own.