#89 Lucky Wander Boy

D.B. Weiss's debut novel may be the first fictional written work devoted to video games. The book follows Adam Pennyman, an aimless twenty-something working a thankless dot-com job, on his quest to find the titular (fictional) game. The book is interspersed with essays that dig for metaphysical and personal meaning in arcade classics such as Donkey Kong and Double Dragon. Lucky Wander Boy takes a long, unflinching look into the geeky hearts of gamers. The secrets Weiss uncovers aren't always pretty.

Read an excerpt here.