You know that self-involved novelist who hangs out at local bookstores, trying to get people to buy his own book? That’s Jimmy Shive-Overly. His debut, Congratulations, You’re Dying, was followed by a long dry period, which is where we begin in "You're the Worst".

Naturally, Jimmy decides to follow it up with something sexier — “the first truly literary erotic novel since Portnoy's Complaint," as he puts it.

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