David Fishkind on His Debut Novel, Narcissism, and the Edge of the Earth
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David Fishkind discusses his debut novel *Don't Step into My Office* (2026), a suspenseful murder mystery spanning two decades in New York. The novel follows Jacob Garlicker, a failed writer and liberal arts layabout who witnesses a murder at Coney Island and becomes entangled in a series of inexplicable deaths. The interview explores themes of narcissism, aimlessness, and walking on the edge of the earth as Fishkind reflects on his creative process and the novel's deeper philosophical underpinnings.
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· 3 pulledDon't Step into My Office is a suspenseful, enigmatic murder mystery that winds across two decades of life in New York and several inexplicable deaths.
The narrator, Jacob Garlicker, is a failed writer and liberal arts layabout whose aimlessness inadvertently causes him to witness a murder at Coney Island.
He dismisses the encounter after dutifully reporting it to the police, but a series of incidents...
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