Did Charlie Kaufman create a new Ignatius J. Reilly?

Antkind | Charlie Kaufman | Random House

Antkind is the debut novel from Charlie Kaufman, the director and screenwriter behind films like Synecdoche, New York; Being John Malkovich; and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. If you have seen any of Kaufman’s movies you already know how you’ll like the novel. It is as bizarre, winding, vulgar, witty, satirical, and apparently-accidently-uplifti…