Praise for Mike Albo:
“Albo is something special: a hyperactive monologist with a gift for capturing the most mundane sound bites in modern conversation and juxtaposing them so that they signify in entirely new ways.”—New York Press
“Blessed with a poet’s ear, a novelist’s eye and a speed freak’s tongue, Mike Albo is downtown’s fast-talking monologist…a wizard with words and refreshingly sweet, Mike Albo’s star is rising.”—Paper Magazine
Read the New York Times article about Mike Albo online.
"Pitch-perfect...The Underminer is a compressed comic classic of New York, a kind of anti-E.B. White fable…Nasty. But fun. And very funny. I started out dog-earing the pages of the galley I laughed most at, but then ended up dog-earing most of the book."--The New York Observer
" Whether your Underminer is an actual nemesis or merely the voice of a particularly ornery self-loathing, Albo & Heffernan have done humankind the favor of nailing the bastard, with wit and style in excelsis -- cringier than a ninth grade PE humiliation, more scouring, compassionate and incisively lamenting of the human condition than a four-day acid trip hosted by Oprah, and hilariously upbraiding of pretentious trends in a way that will make you involuntarily blow your soy-chai frappeccino through your nose. I can think of no more priceless stocking-stuffer for that special insensitive someone. The Underminer beats a bucket of Paxil, six months of therapy and an exorcism -- it bestows the healing gift of revenge. " -- Cintra Wilson, author of Colors Insulting to Nature
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