To Rise Again at a a Decent Hour*** Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 *** 'The Catch 22 of dentistry' Stephen King Joshua Ferris's dazzling new novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour is about the meaning of life, the certainty of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene. There's nothing like a dental chair to remind a man that he's alone in the world . . . Paul O'Rourke dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker, avowed atheist, disaffected Red Sox fan, and a

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who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery

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But even as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum