Everything you need to understand or teach My Present Age by Guy Vanderhaeghe.
A black comedy about a man whose frustrations and crises often explode into lurid fantasies, My Present Age provides a sharp portrait of a modern loser. Tormented by the failure of his marriage, stigmatized by an irascible, prying neighbor, Ed is trapped by the repetitive rituals of a banal existence.
His unceasing diet of Cocoa Puffs is a perfect expression of his own essential softness as a person. Made obese by...