Title: An excellent read.
Product review: In the crowded field of new novelists trying to capture the sound and sensitivities of present 20-somethings (a generation beyond Gen-X), "Noise" stands out much as Kerouac or Richard Farina did in their time. Smith's ear for language and easy facility in slipping in and out of the au courant phrases in a spectrum of fields gives a smooth flow with few jarring linguistic display-pieces. As good a send-up of modern dining obsessions as I've read since Stuart Stevens' "Feeding Frenzy."
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