Join us on April 10th at LSHB for the launch of You Crushed It by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard, translated by Neil Smith. A sharp and unsettling look at love, ambition, and the power dynamics of the creative world, this novel explores the high stakes of success and the price of influence. About the Book
Raph Massi is crushing it. A young up-and-coming comedian, he’s successfully navigating the internal cosmos of the stand-up industry and burying long-borne insecurities with each successful gig. He does so with the support of his girlfriend, Laurie, who narrates the book, sharing their sensual, mundane moments of new love and the creative collaborations that follow. But, when Laurie dumps him, Raph’s heartbreak metastasizes into paranoia, cruelty, and a path that is as lonely as it is destructive. Baril Guérard shares an exacting portrayal of the innermost thoughts we hide from the world and from ourselves. The result is a devastating critique of the soft underbelly of toxic masculinity and the complicated ferocity of those who protect it.
With the caustic daring of Bret Easton Ellis and the offbeat, psychological insight of Douglas Coupland, You Crushed It is a captivating exploration of love and the corroding nature of power in creative industries. About the Author
Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard is an actor and writer who lives in Montreal. He is the author of four novels: Sports et divertissements (published in English as Sports and Pastimes), Royal (winner of the Prix littéraire des collégiens), Manuel de la vie sauvage (which was translated into Spanish), and Haute démolition (You Crushed It). He also co-wrote Les Cicatrisés de Saint-Sauvignac with three other writers. Several of his books have been adapted for the stage and television, including Royal, Haute démolition, and Manuel de la vie sauvage. He also writes for the stage and screen. About the Translator
Neil Smith is a writer and translator from Montreal. He has won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the Quebec Writers’ Federation First Book Prize. He has also been nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation, the Sunburst Award, the Journey Prize, the Prix des libraires du Québec, and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award. His fiction has been translated into eight languages.

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