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and a culturally restrictive range of emotion

amassing instead a growing menagerie of animals who happily follow him on his errands

and a muse to Emerson

When will he finally wake up from his slumber—and what sort of mood will he be in

Nothing Tastes as Good: A Novel by Luke Dumas adult non-fiction and a culturally restrictive rangeRetail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he carries the weight of his childhood trauma and millennial ennui around his waist and in his soul. After trying every diet under the sun, he remains stuckin his dead end job, in love, and in his body. Desperate for help, he enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product called Obexity. The treatment is