2016 novel by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Portable Veblen is a 2016 novel by Elizabeth McKenzie . It is about a young woman, Veblen, and her relationships with her fiancé Paul, their families, and squirrels .
The New York Times described The Portable Veblen as "a screwball comedy with a dash of mental illness; a conventional tale of family pathos; a sendup of Big Pharma; a meditation on consumption, marriage, the nature of work." and concluded that it "is a novel of such festive originality that it would be a shame to miss."[1]
The Portable Veblen has also been reviewed by The Guardian ,[2] Library Journal ,[3] Booklist ,[4] Slate ,[5] the Los Angeles Times ,[6] The Irish Times ,[7] Kirkus Reviews .[8] the Financial Times ,[9] the Star Tribune ,[10] and Publishers Weekly .[11]
It was on the 2016 National Book Award longlist,[12] and the 2016 Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction shortlist .[13]
^ Jenifer Senior (January 27, 2016). "Books of the Times – Review: Facing Marriage and Befriending a Squirrel in 'The Portable Veblen' " . New York Times . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Scarlett Thomas (February 19, 2016). "The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie review – raw, weird and hilarious" . The Guardian . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Forna, Aminatta (October 2013). The Portable Veblen . Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. ISBN 9780802193100 . OCLC 905561467 . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ "The Portable Veblen" . catalog.wccls.org . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Adam Kirsch (January 7, 2016). "The Slate Book review – Wild and Free" . slate.com . The Slate Group. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Jeff VanderMeer (March 18, 2016). "Review 'The Portable Veblen' is deep, wise and eccentric ... and full of squirrels" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Sarah Gilmartin (January 16, 2016). "Review: The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth McKenzie" . The Irish Times . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ "The Portable Veblen (star review)" . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC. October 28, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Sophie Elmhirst (January 23, 2016). " 'The Portable Veblen', by Elizabeth McKenzie" . Financial Times . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ Mark Athitakis (January 16, 2016). "Review: 'The Portable Veblen', by Elizabeth McKenzie" . Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ "The Portable Veblen (PW pick and star review)" . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. 6 September 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ "2016 National Book Award Longlist, Fiction" . nationalbook.org . National Book Foundation. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
^ "The 2016 shortlist is revealed" . womensprizeforfiction.co.uk . The Women’s Prize for Fiction Ltd. 6 May 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .