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At his twenty five year high school reunion, Harris Greenberg finds out that his class valedictorian has gone missing. In an attempt to run away from his own problems, Harris embarks on a desperate mission to find him. Enlisting the help of old friends, Gordon Lipschitz is found in the most unlikely place, a shell of his former self.
The search becomes a journey of self-di At his twenty five year high school reunion, Harris Greenberg finds out that his class valedictorian has gone missing. The search becomes a journey of self-discovery for four friends whose lives turned out much differently than any of them expected. Paperback , First , pages.
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Finding Gordon Lipschitz , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Finding Gordon Lipschitz. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 15, Scott Spotson rated it liked it. The book starts off with a bang, as Harris, the main character and the narrator, attends a high school reunion 20 years after they've graduated.
Meeting his old friends, Harris wonders what happened to a one-time prodigy, the titular character named Go A Delightful Road Trip by Loveable Misfits! Meeting his old friends, Harris wonders what happened to a one-time prodigy, the titular character named Gordon Lipschitz, who is missing. I especially liked the relationship between Harris and Karen, a former classmate who's stunningly beautiful, and strives for perfection, but is still single and hasn't yet found life to be all cracked up as it's supposed to be.
The problem I had with this book is that Harris and his newly re-discovered friends seem to all be stereotyped as losers.
It seems that all the men - save for the missing person Gordon - in this book had become millionaires, then lost their fortune, and divorced, and in general had portions of their lives that were seedy and pathetic. For a book that tried to capture a slice of real-life America, this seemed to be stereotyping and unrealistic.
There may be people who have decent lives, and have happy families, and don't experience much in the way of stratospheric highs and depressing lows, but they're not in this book. It's true that such characters are "boring" in fiction novels, but perhaps a way could be found to make such people interesting, and contrast their lives in a hilarious way with the losers in this book. That's why I liked the character of Karen, as she seemed to be the only reliable and conscientious character in the book. I really enjoyed the ending where they did find Gordon Lipschtiz and uncovered truths about him.
Gordon is in many ways the heart and the soul of the book, and perhaps because the other men seemed so shallow. Kudos to a great beginning, and end, would have liked to see a better middle. Nov 08, Edward Jr. An adventure of finding life again Finkelstein has put much of himself into this book I think; therefore, it comes through as a well-written novel. It's the story about one man along with others he brings on board finding life not quite going his way at the moment.
He decides to go to his high school renuion, and becomes obsessed with finding the class valedictorian. And the adventure begins, with the main character and others finding a new way in their own life. In the end, how are they are aff An adventure of finding life again Finkelstein has put much of himself into this book I think; therefore, it comes through as a well-written novel. In the end, how are they are affected by Gordon Lipshitz and the quest to find him? This is such a brilliant novel. A must read that will keep you laughing, caring and obsessing along with the main character Harris Greenberg.
Bravo to Shane Finkelstein for giving us this story. I highly recommend this book to anyone!
Jun 07, Alyssa rated it really liked it Shelves: I received this book from a goodreads giveaway. I knew I'd like this book, but it was truly great. There is a lot going on throughout the story, but it was all very entertaining and fast paced. I didn't roll my eyes. It wasn't completely predictable.
All of the characters were interesting. The only thing that annoyed me was the constant identifying of the people around him by their race in addition to some kind of stereotype more often than not. I wish more would have happened between Karen and Ha I received this book from a goodreads giveaway. I wish more would have happened between Karen and Harris, but the ending was still pretty good. I loved the suspense after they lost Gordon at the funeral and then seeing Gordon's turnout. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to others. Jan 11, Linell rated it it was amazing.
I was surprised to find I loved this book. Harris Greenberg's search for his long-lost high school friend is funny, tense, and poignant. After college, he moved to Atlanta and published a magazine called University Reporter, which subsequently became INsite Magazine. After nine years in Atlanta, he met his soon to be wife Courtney and they travelled around the world in Y2K.
Returning to the states, Shane and Courtney moved to New Orleans and opened five restaurants over the next decade. Finding Gordon Lipschitz is his first full-length novel. He currently resides in Uptown New Orleans, has three children and is working on his first screenplay. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? At his twenty-five year high school reunion, Harris Greenberg realizes that his once promising life has turned into a depressing failure.
When he discovers that Gordon Lipschitz hasn't been seen since graduation, Harris embarks on a desperate mission to find him. Enlisting the help of old friends, Gordon is found in the most unlikely place, a shell of his former self. The search becomes a journey of self-discovery for four friends whose lives turned out much differently than any of them expected.
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Refresh and try again. There is a lot going on throughout the story, but it was all very entertaining and fast paced. Bravo to Shane Finkelstein for giving us this story. New Orleans was my favorite part - makes me want to go and visit! I liked the premise of this book and how it begins.
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Please try again later. Shane Finkelstein is one talented writer!
He is articulately down-to-earth in this jewel of a novel. Finding Gordon Lipschitz has all you need for a great read: Once you start the book and get involved in the life of Harris, you're in it for the long haul. This is the graph of your function: The definition of Lipschitz continuous says: Bman72 1, 1 8 Hm, this assumes that one already knows that for differentiable functions, any bound on the derivative works as a lipschitz constant.
That's not immediately obvious, though - the derivate takes the limit of the differential quotient, yet for a lipschitz constant you need a bound on the differential quotient itself. Moreover the derivative of a functions is the slope of the functions i. Oh, and BTW, you mixed up the signs in the line "Now you notice that That was what I criticized - not that your answer was wrong it isn't , but that it was incomplete.
BTW, I'm going to edit your answer and put the proof in there, instead of referencing it - it's only a few lines