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Fish out of water : a search for the meaning of life : a memoir

Fish out of water : a search for the meaning of life : a memoir

Book 2021

Metaxas reveals a personal story few have heard, taking us from his mostly happy childhood--and riotous triumphs at Yale--to the nightmare of drifting toward a dark abyss of meaninglessness from which he barely escapes. As the Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit, he introduces readers to an unforgettable troupe of picaresque characters, while underscoring just how...