on the roast

 

On the Roast is a novel in the form of a corporate history, narrated by the CEO of a chain of coffee bars who's crazy about the Beats (and ghostwritten by a couple of characters who are not exactly crazy about the CEO).

"Doug Nufer is the pop-punk heir to the great Oulipo tradition of constraint writing. His work is, therefore, brainy, babbly, wry, and more fun than a crossword puzzle at a linguists convention."

-- Rebecca Brown