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  • Those Bastards

  • 69 Essays on Life, Creativity, & Meaning
  • By: Jared Dillian
  • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Those Bastards

By: Jared Dillian
Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
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Publisher's summary

What happens to us after we die? Why does pornography ruin everything? Why should you never wear cargo shorts? What are the keys to a successful marriage? Why do some people commit suicide, but others don’t?

This sparkling collection of essays sets out to answer these questions and more.

With empathy, curiosity, and candor, Jared Dillian dives headlong into the central questions of existence with eyes wide open, observing life in a way that only he can.

Alternately funny and sad, Those Bastards takes you on an emotional roller coaster, drawing heavily on Dillian’s experience with debilitating mental illness and his professional failures, and overflowing with sharp critiques on music and culture. He moves effortlessly from topic to topic, in one essay riffing on how to use Twitter with honesty and integrity, and in another, describing his experience at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Those Bastards is a literary sensation, filled with insights on what it means to be human, struggling in a world of uncertainty.

©2023 Seven Cats Press (P)2023 Seven Cats Press
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Hard won life stories from a gritty storyteller

Jared is a survivor- he has made it through quite a few stormy passages with including the bad luck of being at ground zero on 9/11 and the good luck of not dying there.
He is willing to share the gory details of his own struggles with a distinct voice.
And narrator JL Ganzer delivers as always.

Unfortunately Dillian’s novel “All the Evil of this World” is still not available on Audible, but I would pay several credits for the privilege.

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Great book to listen to

My only wish is that you narrated it yourself! Big fan of the podcast and your Twitter

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Outstanding

This is in my top 5 books ever listened to. I loved it. So many of the essays hit home for me.

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Awful

What’s worse than being with a gigantic ego who isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is? Listening to his life advice. Terrible

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