THE NEW YORKER

The article I read in The New Yorker was called The Lie. This story was about a man who works in a production company and he is married and has a baby girl. He is a very lazy man and has already used his days off and his sick days too. He tells his boss that his daughter is in the hospital and the second day he kills her in his story just to be exempt from work for one day. When his wife finds about these lies he walks out on her and this is the end.
I think this piece was very entertaining and is purely fiction. It talks about what this man is feeling with his life and his work and the fact that he wants to escape from it all. He is an alcoholic and is only deepening himself in that state. I think this is a crisis that happens to all men when they have to maintain a family and are actually living a grown up life. I would hate it if this happens to me because at some point I have to leave this pink bubble we are raised in and meet the real world. I think it is worthwhile reading contemporary authors because of this reason that they deal with modern issues and everyday life.