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* ApopheniaPlot: Because Shane is an alcoholic whose sole experience in detective work consists of watching too many detective movies, he becomes convinced that Marlene's death was tied to some big conspiracy involving her abusive husband, a wannabe coke dealer (who's actually selling Ritalin, but can't tell the difference), and a neighbor who may or may not be in a sexual relationship with a guinea pig. The reality turns out to be ''way'' more mundane: [[spoiler:She slipped and fell in the shower and suffered a fatal head injury.]]
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''Apathy and Other Small Victories'' is a 2006 novel by Paul Neilan. It tells the story of Shane, a perpetually-broke, perpetually-broke alcoholic with borderline-sociopathic tendencies, as he tries to clear his name after one of his only friends is found dead in her bathroom. Given that he is a jerk, this proves harder than he expects.
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* BestialityIsDepraved: Shane's neighbor Mobo is quite open about the fact that he's having a sexual relationship with a guinea pig. He's not portrayed favorably.
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* BestialityIsDepraved: Shane's Shane believes that his loony neighbor Mobo is quite open about the fact that he's having a sexual relationship with a guinea pig. He's not portrayed favorably.pig because of the strange cries coming from his apartment at night, and judges him accordingly. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Mobo was having an affair with Marlene; the strange cries were hers.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as Shane is, his instinctive reaction to finding out that Marlene's husband beats her is a desire to track the guy down and beat him to death with a baseball bat.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Gwen has Shane blacklisted from every insurance company in the state as her revenge for his failing to get upset over her dumping him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After Shane becomes convinced that Bryce has something to do with Marlene's death, he goes to him and announces that he knows Bryce's secrets, hoping that he'll spook Bryce into fleeing town and draw the investigation into Marlene's death away from Shane. It turns out that Bryce's actual secret is that he's been dealing cocaine (it's actually Ritalin, but he doesn't know that), and, convinced that he's about to go to jail for hard drugs, he kills himself.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as Shane is, his instinctive reaction tofinding out seeing that Marlene's Marlene has a black eye is to assume that her husband beats her is a desire to track her, and thus he fantasizes about tracking the guy down and beat beating him to death with a baseball bat.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After Shane becomes convinced that Bryce has something to do with Marlene's death, he goes to him and announces that he knows Bryce's secrets, hoping that he'll spook Bryce into fleeing town and draw the investigation into Marlene's death away from Shane. It turns out that Bryce's actual secret is that he's been dealing cocaine (it's actually Ritalin, but he doesn't know that), and, convinced that he's about to go to jail for hard drugs, he kills himself.]]
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* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Mobo tries to pass himself off as some sort of Latino mystic. [[spoiler:He's actually just a white guy named Rick Beekman.]]
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->"There comes a time in every man's life where he wakes up drunk on the toilet and begins to doubt the choices he's made."
-->-- Shane
''Apathy and Other Small Victories'' is a 2006 novel by Paul Neilan. It tells the story of Shane, a perpetually-broke, alcoholic with borderline-sociopathic tendencies, as he tries to clear his name after one of his only friends is murdered. Given that he is a jerk, this proves harder than he expects.
!!This book contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Shane pretty much runs on Miller High Life. He can't even go to work without getting wasted first.
* AlphaBitch: Gwen is an abusive, manipulative corporate climber.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Shane's neighbor Mobo is quite open about the fact that he's having a sexual relationship with a guinea pig. He's not portrayed favorably.
* ComedicSociopathy: At least half of the humor is derived from Shane being a terrible person. The other half comes from the rest of the world reacting to Shane's jerkass-ness.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as Shane is, his instinctive reaction to finding out that Marlene's husband beats her is a desire to track the guy down and beat him to death with a baseball bat.
* InsultBackfire: During her breakup with him, Gwen accuses Shane of being selfish and not caring about her. He ''agrees'' with her.
* {{Jerkas}}: Shane, full stop.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gwen delivers one to Shane while breaking up with him, but he shrugs it off, much to her annoyance.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole book takes place from Shane's perspective, and it's entirely possible that most of his anecdotes are exaggerated to make himself look good and/or make other people look bad.
-->-- Shane
''Apathy and Other Small Victories'' is a 2006 novel by Paul Neilan. It tells the story of Shane, a perpetually-broke, alcoholic with borderline-sociopathic tendencies, as he tries to clear his name after one of his only friends is murdered. Given that he is a jerk, this proves harder than he expects.
!!This book contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Shane pretty much runs on Miller High Life. He can't even go to work without getting wasted first.
* AlphaBitch: Gwen is an abusive, manipulative corporate climber.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Shane's neighbor Mobo is quite open about the fact that he's having a sexual relationship with a guinea pig. He's not portrayed favorably.
* ComedicSociopathy: At least half of the humor is derived from Shane being a terrible person. The other half comes from the rest of the world reacting to Shane's jerkass-ness.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible as Shane is, his instinctive reaction to finding out that Marlene's husband beats her is a desire to track the guy down and beat him to death with a baseball bat.
* InsultBackfire: During her breakup with him, Gwen accuses Shane of being selfish and not caring about her. He ''agrees'' with her.
* {{Jerkas}}: Shane, full stop.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gwen delivers one to Shane while breaking up with him, but he shrugs it off, much to her annoyance.
* UnreliableNarrator: The whole book takes place from Shane's perspective, and it's entirely possible that most of his anecdotes are exaggerated to make himself look good and/or make other people look bad.
