The Underminer
The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life
You can’t escape him. You went to college with him, and he knows everything you’ve done since freshman year—every secret ambition you’ve had, every person you have ever had sex with, every unfortunate choice you made in trends. The Underminer makes you feel suicidal when you see him. But he is your friend.
You just can’t get rid of…
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Sure, someone told you long ago (a grandpa, a greeting card) that friends are spunky, loyal people who bring out your best. Friends are supposed to be noble-nosed princes or sweet tubby hobbits, sassy Kits or dependable Neds.
But no one prepared you for…
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Mortal, my friend must be
Barbs has he, like a bee.
Ah, curious friend. Thou puzzlest me.
Emily Dickinson
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About the Author(s)
By Mike Albo with Virginia Heffernan
published by BloomsburyUSA
The Underminer hits bookstores February 15th. The day after Valentines Day, when you are most vulnerable to the Underminer's evil ways. Check out Amazon.com to pre-order.
Contact Yelena Gitlin at BloomsburyUSA for interviews and press: yelena.gitlin@bloomsburyusa.com. Check out Mike Albo's website for more information: mikealbo.com
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The Underminer.
Somehow, he swerves in and out of your life as if he were effortlessly walking through a crowded restaurant. You try acting aloof, deleting his emails, erasing his number from your cell, but nothing can stop him. He always comes back. He knows everyone you know—and acts extremely chummy with your closest pals and at least two of your ex-boyfriends. In fact, everyone but you loves…
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The Underminer.
“Why doesn’t anything work out for me?” “Why do I feel so crappy?” “Why is everyone’s life so facile and fine except for mine?” He knows the answer. He’s a passive-aggressive master, as undetectable as a whisper, as effective as a tiny, poisonous pill. He’s probably good-looking in a flat, actory, square-jawed kind of way that seems so classic and gorgeous to everyone you know. “He is so beautiful,” a new friend will gasp when he walks away, and you seethe inside. When you see him – smiling, well-dressed and well-rested – only you see his sinister smile and fangs full of hunger-drool. He is the embodiment of modern malevolence, yet his presence feels as ancient as a curse. But you can’t say this to anyone. No one else would understand.
Only you know the deep evil that is
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The Underminer!
Whether you know an Underminer or you are an Underminer yourself, you’ll love this chance to examine his wiles at a safe distance. The first book to channel that insidious voice, The Underminer plumbs the depths of the modern American psyche – where a new kind of horror lurks. Here is the subtle slayer of your hopes, the tactful dismantler of your dreams, the friend who will ruin your life…
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