![]() "It's unnamed, it's undiagnosable, it's essentially uncurable," Ferris says. Tim seeks out all sorts of medical remedies for his condition, from submitting to tests at the Mayo Clinic to taking bat-wing extract. But ultimately, the author says, "it concludes more or less that this is something he's simply not in control of." Ferris' book delves into the question of whether Tim's condition is psychological or physical. ![]() "It's not really a feeling he has to walk, but really his body overtaking him and forcing him to walk," Ferris tells Melissa Block. According to Ferris, Tim's condition "is more of a disease than a compulsion." Tim Farnsworth, the main character in The Unnamed, the new novel from Joshua Ferris, is a partner in a high-powered law firm in Manhattan. Not to stretch your legs or get some air, but to walk compulsively, uncontrollably and without stopping, for miles and miles until you collapse from exhaustion. ![]() Imagine you're sitting in a meeting at work, or at home eating dinner with your family, when suddenly you feel the need to walk. Joshua Ferris' debut novel, Then We Came to the End, about a Chicago advertising agency, was a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]()
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