When Milo Burke, a 'donations' officer at a university, has a disastrous run-in with a rich undergraduate, he winds up unemployed. Grasping at odd jobs to support his wife and young son, he's offered one last chance: he must reel in a potential donor - a major 'Ask'. It turns out that the 'Ask' is Milo's sinister college buddy Purdy Stuart.
Author description
Sam Lipsyte is the author of the story collection Venus Drive and two novels, The Subject Steve and Home Land.