An Unremarkable Colon: (a somewhat short novel) by Noah Galuten


An Unremarkable Colon: (a somewhat short novel)
Title : An Unremarkable Colon: (a somewhat short novel)
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Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 186
Publication : Published May 20, 2024

An Unremarkable Colon is a coming-of-age story for your late 20s, set just after the aughts but before Uber was really a thing. Daniel stumbles his way through the taco-lined streets and dark bars of Los Angeles, battling anxiety, fear, his internal organs and his refrigerator. How will not-that-young Daniel handle booze and cooking; sex and stress; half-awake fantasies and sentient bodily fluids? Noah Galuten's debut is about a generation of failures who grew up too late, felt too much and tried too hard at all the wrong things.

An Unremarkable Colon: (a somewhat short novel) Reviews

  • Courtney

    This story is simultaneously simple and vivid and graphic. Daniel toggles between hope and self-loathing. Good things happen to him off-page, and we only see their demise on-page, or the process of his battle against self-sabotage of the good things that happen to him. Noah's expertise and love of food and cooking come through throughout this novel. If I didn't know who the author was, I would have figured it out from the soup minutiae, Parmesan rinds in the freezer, lovingly gifting food in Tupperware containers, and the intricate pizza details. I loved this story, and I am grateful to Noah for deciding to publish it.

  • Erin

    This was such an interesting “somewhat short novel”! I was determined to not be put off by the funny title despite never being comfortable with scatalogical subject matter (probably due to having a CF digestive system) and am glad I did because this is a cool story about a still-young man slowly finding his footing in life. As Daniel, the main character, fights his way out of severe anxiety and borderline alcoholism, and through the challenges of finding someone he feels comfortable with, the author offers up truly visceral descriptions of Daniel’s drunken nights and brutal morning recoveries. The only moments of focus and calm in Daniel’s life seem to be when he is cooking and Noah Galuten’s writing matches the rhythm and orderliness that comes to Daniel’s being when he is making something. All in all I found it to be a great first novel and would be glad to read anything else that Galuten publishes.