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“Corbin Taylor Moore, the Seattle-based anti-hero narrator of Daniel Pope’s rollicking debut, is a weed-smoking, pill-popping, self-critiquing twenty-something experiencing something of a mid-life crisis. It doesn’t help that his mother, a famous self-help author, barely understands him, that he struggles to connect with his coworkers or soon-to-be ex-girlfriend, or that a crow hauntingly appears the day of his crash-out, followed by a murder of crows as events progress. A brilliant send-up of our contemporary late neoliberal moment, Go Help Yourself captures the vicissitudes of Millennial life today and brings a vibrant new literary voice to readers.”

— John Keene, National Book Award winner and author of Counternarratives: Stories & Novellas

“A deadpan, mordant, thoroughly entertaining coming-of-age novel about what it takes to truly see oneself clearly. Go Help Yourself is a singular debut, and Daniel Pope is one to watch.”

— Kirstin Chen, New York Times-bestselling author of Counterfeit

“Part nightmarish mother–son chronicle and part satisfying slacker novel, Go Help Yourself is also a memorable story about the limits of control. Pope is unafraid to roam into complicated psychological territory, but his story somehow comes out the other side, resulting in a moving, funny, and ultimately hopeful novel.”

— Gabe Habash, author of Stephen Florida

“Original, hilarious . . . Daniel Pope’s debut novel takes the pulse of contemporary youth malaise and finds it galloping with hopes and schemes despite a lot of evidence that life is rough. I loved every word of it.”

— Alice Elliott Dark, author of Fellowship Point and In the Gloaming

“Go Help Yourself is the kind of debut novel that I love—exuberant, inventive, and unafraid of risk or excess. It’s a testament to Daniel Pope’s voice and vision that even at Corbin Moore’s lowest, loneliest points, his story hums with hope and brims with life.”

— Chris Bachelder, author of The Throwback Special

“Wildly entertaining, Go Help Yourself pierces through all the sanctimony of the self-help industry with humor and grace. Daniel Pope holds a mirror to how we see ourselves and others, forcing us to reckon with uncomfortable truths. A necessary voice in this digital age of optimization.”

— Akil Kumarasamy, author of Meet Us by the Roaring Sea

“Go Help Yourself is a greathearted debut—full of livin’, laughin’, lovin’, and other poignant anti-life lessons.”

— Bud Smith, author of Mighty

Daniel Pope is a writer and musician from Seattle. His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine, Bellevue Literary Review, Gulf Coast Journal, and elsewhere. He currently lives in the UK, where he is a doctoral candidate at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing.