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The Subtraction of Weight: An Interview with Seth Fried

The Municipalists, Seth Fried’s debut novel, opens on the death of the narrator’s parents, progresses into a terrorist plot that threatens the cultural institutions of a major city, and questions the systematic lack of support for poor urban neighborhoods. Yet you’d be hard-pressed to not call it a comedy. The narrator, Henry, is a square enamored with bureaucracy, an urban planning paper-pusher with “a reputation as the biggest milquetoast bean sorter in the history of the United States Municipal Survey.” His love of the system and its...

Mitchell: Outside of something that is fictional but does not have a plot or main characters, what do you consider a fiction? And what makes a compelling one?

Fried: A fiction is great in that in can be absolutely anything. But that’s also the scary thing about trying to write one as opposed to a story. One of the weirdest paradoxes of creative work is that constraints tend to be more fun than total freedom.

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The Municipalists by Seth Fried is a quirky story about a rule-following bureaucrat and an off-the-rails AI who are thrown together to find the persons responsible for the shutdown at headquarters. Fried gives us a reality that revolves around the United States Municipal Survey, the organization responsible for improving and maintaining America’s infrastructure - one percentage point at a time. 😂 Story moves quickly with lots of hilarious moments. Another #BOTM book with zero buzz. But one you shouldn’t miss. #themunicipalists #sethfried #bookofthemonth #alternatereality #bookstagram #bookshelves #booknerd #bookhoarder #bookworm #sodacityreads #bookish #bookreview #hardcover #novel #bookaddict #bookcover #bookhaul #bibliophile #goodreads #homelibrary #readsomebooks #fiction (at Irmo, South Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv36X9NHcNW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l657wj3b1vlh