PRAISE FOR “AMP’D”:

"Complete with painfully wry observations and delightfully caustic wit, this novel is a gritty exploration of what it's like to feel incomplete in the world. All five fingers up for this bitterly satisfying tale."

– Kirkus starred review (read full review here)

“‘AMP’D’ is a lot like life—sad and funny and messy and weird, occasionally all at the same time. What really makes this novel work is Pisani’s ability to tell a good story, one that doesn’t heavily imbibe on worn out tropes or easy answers.”

– Chicago Review of Books (read full review here)

"With lighthearted brevity and wit, Pisani manages to pull his ragtag crew [of characters] through dark times—-grief, depression, hopelessness, death, and even extinction—-in the most entertaining and ridiculous ways."

– Publishers Weekly (read full review here)

“This is the sound of one hand clapping for AMP’D. Profane, sweet, funny.”

– New York Times best-selling author Patton Oswalt

"I don't like novels but I liked this one, which made me mad. And happy. Lots of mixed emotions here, if I'm being honest. Hilarious and heart-breaking. I missed the characters after the book ended. Make them come back, Mr. Pisani. Make them come back now. I have a knife.”

— Jenny Lawson, New York Times best-selling author of Furiously Happy

“Brilliant. Great prose, great characters—vivid and really, really different.  I loved all the strange stuff. The circumstances were unique, and I really cared about the characters. Astoundingly good.”

— W. Bruce Cameron, New York Times best-selling author of A Dog’s Purpose and 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter

“Darkly funny and highly entertaining, a perfect blend of humor and sorrow AMP’D is the type of book that you ration out because you never want it to end.”

— Dan Marshall, author of Home is Burning, an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2015

“All thumbs up. I admired the voice, the quirkiness of the situation, and the characters possess a tenderness that is saving. AMP’D falls into a tradition of voice: Vonnegut comes to mind, but so does J.P. Donleavy, Catcher in the Rye, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Fan’s Notes. It feels like a modern novel with modern issues.”

— Joseph Monninger, author of Game Change, two-time NEA fellowship recipient

“Alternately poignant and wryly funny . . . Pisani’s portrait of a disabled man self-deprecatingly embracing his own brokenness is oddly compelling and understatedly comical.”

―Booklist

“I can't tell you how brilliantly funny Pisani's book is! AMP’D is a must read!”

— Jane Metzler, FOX News Radio

“One of the funniest, most devastating, and insightful novels you'll read all year.”

— Ian Simmons, “Kicking the Seat” podcast

“It's vivid and vital and funny and gutsy—but unfortunately, we won't be able to accept it for publication.”

— McSweeney’s rejection letter

“I hope you'll understand if I decline [to read your book]. I’m no judge of fiction.”

— Mitchell Zuckoff, award-winning author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13 Hours, Ken’s college roommate apparently still mad at him for that thing.