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p couch hits on an improbable even fantastic premise and then rigorously hews to the logic that it generates keeping it afloat at times literally to the end . br los angeles times p delightfully lighthearted writing ... . occasionally laugh out loud funny the enthusiastic prose carries readers through sporadic dark moments ... parzyboks quirky humor recalls the flaws and successes of early douglas adams . publishers weekly p the book succeeds as a conceptual art piece a literary travelogue and a fantastical quest . br willamette week p hundreds of writers have slavishly imitated or outright ripped off tolkien in ways that connoisseurs of other genres would consider shameless . what parzybok has done here in adapting the same old song to a world more familiar to the reader is to revive the genre and make it relevant again br the stranger p a spring summer indie next reading list pick top 10 reading group suggestions br couch follows the quirky journey of thom erik and tree as they venture into the unknown at the behest of a magical orange couch which has its own plan for their previously boring lives . parzyboks colorful characters striking humor and eccentric magical realism offer up an adventuresome read . br christian crider inkwood books tampa fl p a january 2009 indie next list pick p this funny novel of furniture moving gone awry is a magical realism quest for modern times . parzyboks touching story explores the aimlessness of our culture a society of jobs instead of callings replete with opportunities and choices but without the philosophies and vocations we need to make meaningful decisions . br josh cook porter square books cambridge ma p a lot of people are looking for magic in the world today but only benjamin parzybok thought to check the sofa which is i think the place its most likely to be found . couch is a slacker epic a gentle funny book that ambles merrily from coupland to tolkien and gives couch surfing among other things a whole new meaning . br paul la farge p one of the strangest road novels youll ever read . its a funny and fun book and its also a very smart book . fans of tom robbins or christopher moore should enjoy this . br handee books br it is an upholstered odyssey unlike any other you are likely to read . it is funny confusing in places wild and anarchic . it is part quixote part murakami part tom robbins part dfs showroom . it has cult hit written all over it . br scott me and my big mouth p benjamin parzybok on tour http booktour.com author benjamin parzybok p in this exuberant and hilarious debut reminiscent of the life of pi and then we came to the end an episode of furniture moving gone awry becomes an impromptu quest of self discovery secret histories and unexpected revelations . p thom is a computer geek whose hacking of a certain washington based software giant has won him a little fame but few job prospects . erik is a smalltime con man a fast talker who is never quite quick enough on his feet . their roommate tree is a confused clairvoyant whose dreams and prophecies may not be completely off base . after a freak accident fl oods their apartment the three are evicted but they have to take their couch with them . the real problem the couch huge and orange wont let them put it down . soon the three roommates are on a cross country trek along back roads byways and rail lines heading far out of portland and deep into one very weird corner of the american dream . p benjamin parzybok is the creator of gumball poetry a journal published through gumball machines and the black magic insurance agency a city wide mystery treasure hunt . he has worked as a congressional page a ghostwriter for the governor of washington a web developer a taiwanese factory technical writer an asbestos removal janitor and a potato sorter . he lives in portland oregon with the writer laura moulton and their two