Philosophy Graduate's Debut Novel Reviewed

How to Sell, Clancy Martin's first novel, is being hailed by Jonathan Franzen as "greatly original" and by Zadie Smith as "genuinely fresh." A coming-of-age story, Sell is about buying and selling, lust and love, fraud and authenticity. Martin is currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri. He received his Ph.D in Philosophy from UT Austin in 2003.