The Delivery (novel)
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| Author | Peter Mendelsund |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2021 |
The Delivery is a 2021 novel by American writer Peter Mendelsund. The novel follows an immigrant to an unnamed country who works as a bicycle messenger making deliveries.
Publication
The cover of the hardcover edition was designed by Alex Merto.[1]
Reception
In a review published by The New York Times Book Review book review, Andy Newman praised the novel as "often exquisite".[2] However, Newman criticized Mendelsund's insertion of a narrator whose stories about his own life become longer as the novel continues.[2]
In a review of The Delivery and Fuccboi by Sean Thor Conroe published by The Cleveland Review of Books, Preston DeGarmo criticized the book's reliance on crots or "minigraphs."[3] In a positive review published by the Los Angeles Review of Books, Alessandro Tersigni praised the form of the novel and the "design" of the book's prose.[4]
References
- ^ Bourton, Lucy (April 13, 2022). "Alex Merto combines wit and considered typography in his book cover designs". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ a b Newman, Andy (February 9, 2021). "Numbers, Speed, Mystery: The World of the Delivery Worker". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ DeGarmo, Preston (February 28, 2023). "It's Not Delivery: Against Frictionless Fiction". Cleveland Review of Books. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ^ Tersigni, Alessandro (February 11, 2021). "Less Is Magic in Peter Mendelsund's "The Delivery"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved March 6, 2023.