Contrapposto, by Dave Eggers (ARC review)

I am not affiliated with the author or this book's publication. I'm just a reader with a NetGalley account who loved this book and wants to talk about it. "Contrapposto" is a hilarious Bilndungsroman following Robert "Cricket" Dib, a poor but talented artist from the American mid-west as he tries to build a career as a painter at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. Raised by a poor mother, Cricket invests early in his talent and learns to improve his skills by taking local affordable clas