I Regret Everything

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Jeremy Best, a Manhattan-based trusts and estates lawyer, has a second life as the poet Jinx Bell. To his boss's daughter Spaulding, an aspiring 19-year-old writer, Jeremy, at 33, is already half way to dead. But when Spaulding discovers Mr Best's writerly alter ego, the two become bound by a devotion to poetry. Their budding relationship offers them the possibility of enduring love, or the threat of tragic loss. Imbued with Greenland's signature wit, he explores happiness and heartache with a healthy dose of scepticism and an understanding of the reality of love.

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Praise for I Regret Everything

"Affecting and funny."--The New York Times

"Edgy and sweet, witty and wise, I Regret Everything is rollicking good fun. It's also, in the end, a deeply moving love story between two unforgettable characters discovering what it means to truly be alive."--Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go Bernadette

"Greenland hits all the right notes...His playful, well-crafted writing captures personality or atmosphere in a few phrases, and the characters' self-assessments reveal the rich inner lives driving their actions. Their love comes from the mind as much as the heart, in a poignant story of dreams and the way they can crash into the reality of the dreamers."--Booklist

"Greenland, a former writer for the TV show Big Love, has a clear and snappy handle on the New York City worlds of M.F.A.s, M.F.A. dropouts, and poetry workshops, as well as their counterpoint in the Sutton Place penthouses of Jeremy's wealthy clients."--Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Angry Buddhist

"The Angry Buddhist is a great novel. It's satirical, it's political, it's sexual. All the things that I love dearly. Finally, something to come home to." -Larry David, Creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld

"A wild entertainment as well as a novel about the way we live now that dares to dance with the profound." -L.A. Times

"The Angry Buddhist approaches all its characters with reliable misanthropy (not for nothing does Larry David provide this book's most visible blurb). And its story unfolds with dexterous ease... a fine, high-end beach read for this election season." -New York Times

Praise for I Regret Everything

-Affecting and funny.---The New York Times
-Edgy and sweet, witty and wise, I Regret Everything is rollicking good fun. It's also, in the end, a deeply moving love story between two unforgettable characters discovering what it means to truly be alive.---Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go Bernadette
-Greenland hits all the right notes...His playful, well-crafted writing captures personality or atmosphere in a few phrases, and the characters' self-assessments reveal the rich inner lives driving their actions. Their love comes from the mind as much as the heart, in a poignant story of dreams and the way they can crash into the reality of the dreamers.---Booklist
-Greenland, a former writer for the TV show Big Love, has a clear and snappy handle on the New York City worlds of M.F.A.s, M.F.A. dropouts, and poetry workshops, as well as their counterpoint in the Sutton Place penthouses of Jeremy's wealthy clients.---Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Angry Buddhist
-The Angry Buddhist is a great novel. It's satirical, it's political, it's sexual. All the things that I love dearly. Finally, something to come home to.- -Larry David, Creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld
-A wild entertainment as well as a novel about the way we live now that dares to dance with the profound.- -L.A. Times
-The Angry Buddhist approaches all its characters with reliable misanthropy (not for nothing does Larry David provide this book's most visible blurb). And its story unfolds with dexterous ease... a fine, high-end beach read for this election season.- -New York Times

Praise for "I Regret Everything"

"Affecting and funny." "The New York Times"
Edgy and sweet, witty and wise, "I Regret Everything"is rollicking good fun. It s also, in the end, a deeply moving love story between two unforgettable characters discovering what it means to truly be alive. Maria Semple, author of"Where d You Go Bernadette"
Greenland hits all the right notes His playful, well-crafted writing captures personality or atmosphere in a few phrases, and the characters self-assessments reveal the rich inner lives driving their actions. Their love comes from the mind as much as the heart, in a poignant story of dreams and the way they can crash into the reality of the dreamers. "Booklist"
Greenland, a former writer for the TV show Big Love, has a clear and snappy handle on the New York City worlds of M.F.A.s, M.F.A. dropouts, and poetry workshops, as well as their counterpoint in the Sutton Place penthouses of Jeremy s wealthy clients. "Publishers Weekly"

Praise for "The Angry Buddhist"
The Angry Buddhist is a great novel. It s satirical, it s political, it s sexual. All the things that I love dearly. Finally, something to come home to. Larry David, Creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm "and "Seinfeld"
A wild entertainment as well as a novel about the way we live now that dares to dance with the profound. "L.A. Times"
The Angry Buddhist approaches all its characters with reliable misanthropy (not for nothing does Larry David provide this book s most visible blurb). And its story unfolds with dexterous ease a fine, high-end beach read for this election season. "New York Times""

Praise for "I Regret Everything"
"Edgy and sweet, witty and wise, "I Regret Everything" is rollicking good fun. It's also, in the end, a deeply moving love story between two unforgettable characters discovering what it means to truly be alive."
-Maria Semple, author of "Where'd You Go Bernadette"
"Greenland hits all the right notes...His playful, well-crafted writing captures personality or atmosphere in a few phrases, and the characters' self-assessments reveal the rich inner lives driving their actions. Their love comes from the mind as much as the heart, in a poignant story of dreams and the way they can crash into the reality of the dreamers."
-"Booklist"
"Greenland, a former writer for the TV show Big Love, has a clear and snappy handle on the New York City worlds of M.F.A.s, M.F.A. dropouts, and poetry workshops, as well as their counterpoint in the Sutton Place penthouses of Jeremy's wealthy clients."
-"Publishers Weekly"

Praise for "The Angry Buddhist"
"The Angry Buddhist is a great novel. It's satirical, it's political, it's sexual. All the things that I love dearly. Finally, something to come home to." -Larry David, Creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm "and "Seinfeld"
"A wild entertainment as well as a novel about the way we live now that dares to dance with the profound." -"L.A. Times"
"The Angry Buddhist approaches all its characters with reliable misanthropy (not for nothing does Larry David provide this book's most visible blurb). And its story unfolds with dexterous ease... a fine, high-end beach read for this election season." -"New York Times"

"The Angry Buddhist is a great novel. It's satirical, it's political, it's sexual. All the things that I love dearly. Finally, something to come home to." -Larry David, Creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm "and "Seinfeld"
"A wild entertainment as well as a novel about the way we live now that dares to dance with the profound." -"L.A. Times"
"The Angry Buddhist approaches all its characters with reliable misanthropy (not for nothing does Larry David provide this book's most visible blurb). And its story unfolds with dexterous ease... a fine, high-end beach read for this election season." -"New York Times"

Author Bio

Seth Greenland was a writer-producer on the Emmy-nominated HBO series Big Love and one of the original bloggers for the Huffington Post.a He is an award-winning playwright and the author of the novels The Angry Buddhist, The Bones and Shining City, which was named a Best Book of 2008 by the Washington Post.a Greenland lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.