Featuring awkwardly bad dates, crazy-talented friends, tongue-twisting word play, and confused, beer-soaked soul-searching, Chicagoland is part humorous and heartbreaking coming-of-age novel, part travel log, and one-hundred-percent un-put-down-able. After eking out a physics degree from a small liberal arts college, Scott Duluoz finds himself in Chicagoland, where he tries to adjust to a grown-up, 9-to-5, earn-more-than-you-spend lifestyle. Looming college debts, bumper-to-bumper commutes, and lousy pay try to keep Scott’s dreams from becoming reality. But Scott knows there’s adventure waiting for him—if only he can figure out how to start.