The Deep Whatsis (19 page)

I let them flow with me here on this ledge of destiny, naked, peering out across the glacier as Roark would do; it’s so stupidly epic there are bells ringing in the distance. But then I wipe my eyes on my sleeve and realize the sounds are coming from my pocket. I pull out my phone and it’s ringing and the screen says BLOCKED again.

I stare at the display for two-point-five rings in order to not seem too eager and then I answer.

“Hi,” I say.

PETER MATTEI
is a writer and director who has worked in theatre and film and has written pilots for HBO and other networks. His feature
Love in the Time of Money
was developed at the Sundance Directors Lab. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

“With zingy, hilarious glee, Peter Mattei takes a sharp stick and pokes it at many deserving underbellies: the puffery of corporate America; hipsters, yoga dudes, and the general pretentiousness of north Brooklyn; and many more.
T
HE
D
EEP
Whatsis
is a provocative, darkly subversive, deeply satisfying novel
.”
KATE CHRISTENSEN, PEN/Faulkner Award winner and author of
The Astral

“
[A] morbidly satiric look at corporate culture at the crossroads of art and consumerism… Mattei serves up a rampant critique of haute New York society.”
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The Deep Whatsis

Copyright © 2013 Peter Mattei.

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