''The Delivery'' is a 2021 novel by American writer

Peter Mendelsund Peter Mendelsund is a novelist, graphic designer known for his book and magazine covers, and the creative director of ''The Atlantic''. Mendelsund has been described by the ''New York Times'' as "one of the top designers at work today" and "the be ...

. The novel follows an immigrant to an unnamed country who works as a

bicycle messenger Bicycle messengers (also known as bike or cycle couriers) are people who work for courier companies (also known as messenger companies) carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business di ...

making deliveries.

Publication

The cover of the hardcover edition was designed by Alex Merto.

Reception

According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly favorable reviews. In a review published by '' The New York Times Book Review'' book review, Andy Newman praised the novel as "often exquisite". However, Newman criticized Mendelsund's insertion of a narrator whose stories about his own life become longer as the novel continues. In a review of ''The Delivery'' and '' Fuccboi'' by Sean Thor Conroe published by ''

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'', Preston DeGarmo criticized the book's reliance on crots or "minigraphs." In a positive review published by the '' Los Angeles Review of Books'', Alessandro Tersigni praised the form of the novel and the "design" of the book's prose.

References

2021 American novels Farrar, Straus and Giroux books English-language novels {{2020s-novel-stub