Abandon All Hope is a comic novel of ideas that asks: How do you make your way in a world where stability is illusory, fraud and lies are ubiquitous, and happiness is always elusive? Should you be a realist or an idealist? And how's life working out for you, anyway? In a story that evokes such 1990s classics as High Fidelity and Fight Club , the novel's two antiheroes struggle against unsympathetic employers, uncomprehending relatives, meaningless jobs, romantic frustration, and social isolation, all while searching for a life of meaning and purpose, each in his own way