Anticipated Results

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A staggering, unnerving story collection about the lost members of the Boomer Generation--chronic underachievers at work and love whose malaise is tempered by booze and cars. They seek solace in each other's company via weekend trips and wine-fuelled dinner parties when not conducting interventions or fixing their cars; through moments of seeming indifference, humor, and false bravado, their demeanors mask a disquieting rage at how they've lost their way and a burning, shattering desire to try to find it again.

Dennis E. Bolen is a former parole officer and the author of six previous works of fiction in Canada.

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Dennis E. Bolen's spare prose and empathy for his characters make for a compelling read. --Publishers Weekly

Dennis E. Bolen's seventh work of fiction shows a writer at the top of his game ... Anticipated Results dances with clever language that both mocks and questions a generation's legacy. Boomers will see themselves in this cast of characters, and other generations will get an idea of how the Boomers' idealism went sideways. --Quill and Quire (STARRED REVIEW)

Bolen's spare language and elliptical narrative style recall Raymond Carver, one of the masters of the modern short story.
--The National Post

Author Bio

Dennis E. Bolen: Dennis E. Bolen is a novelist, editor, teacher, and journalist. He is author of six books of fiction, the most recent of which is the novel Kaspoit! (Anvil Press Canada). He lives in Vancouver.