Today I have a couple of copies of the debut from Benjamin Parzybok, Couch, released this month from Small Beer Press (who puts nothing but good books out). Earlier this week I posted our exclusive excerpt (some 10k words) from Couch for readers to sample!

Synopsis:

COUCH. A novel. An odyssey. An epic furniture removal. A road trip. An exuberant and hilarious debut in which an episode of furniture moving gone awry becomes an impromptu quest of self-discovery, secret histories, and unexpected revelations. Couch is the first debut novel Small Beer has plucked from the slush pile.

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 floods their apartment, the three are evicted—but they have to take their couch with them. The real problem? The couch—huge and orange—won’t let them put it down. Soon the roommates are off 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.

You go down the line of Small Beer publications written by authors like Kelly Link, Sean Stewart, Maureen McHugh, Liz Hand, Crowley, Wilhelm, Alan DeNiro, a nice collection earlier this year by Benjamin Rosenbaum; and you realize publishing can exist where nothing but quality comes off the presses, so you have to check them out when they publish a debut!

I want to thank Small Beer Press and Benjamin Parzybok for allowing us to present this contest at Book Spot Central!

This contest is open to all BookSpot Central members. Just PM (private message) me at our forums and you’re entered. Please include address/shipping information with your entry so we can get the prizes out to you as quickly as possible. A winner will be announced on November 18th.

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Good luck to all!

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