Is your uncle ruining your life for the sake of his own artistic endeavors? Is your girlfriend unconvinced of your desire to marry her? Do you have random urges to commit violence but never do? Then you might identify with the plight of Stanley in Joseph Scapellato's debut novel The Made-Up Man. Joseph's first book Big Lonesome was an early favorite of the podcast. Does the novel live up to our first love? Do you even give a fuck?