The Great Perhaps - Rilegato

Meno, Joe

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ISBN 10: 0393067963 ISBN 13: 9780393067965

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009

Riassunto

The precarious world of the Casper family is thrown into chaos by the sudden separation of paleontologist Jonathan and his animal behaviorist wife, Madeline, a decision that forces the couple, their two daughters, and grandfather Henry to confront their own pursuits and cowardice.

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A breakout new novel from the critically acclaimed novelist and playwright Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned.

Praise for The Great Perhaps . . .

“The Great Perhaps is a darkly funny, lyrical, and shrewdly observant chronicle of a family on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joe Meno has the rare ability to evoke midlife melancholy and teenage angst with equal authority.”—Tom Perrotta, author of Election and The Abstinence Teacher

“I think The Great Perhaps is the wisest, most humane and transcendent novel on the contemporary family since The Corrections. A marvelous book.”—Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting and Crime

. . . and for Joe Meno

“Joe Meno is an interesting case: a punk/noir stylist who can imitate something more rarefied, poetic, and universal.”—Elle

“Meno is the closest thing [Chicago’s] got to a literary ambassador.”—GQ

“What to make of Joe Meno, whose icepick-sharp books include many elements that might reasonably be described as quirky, but are rather heartfelt, beautifully written and vivid as a bad dream—or a very, very good one?”—Washington Post Express

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0393067963
• ISBN 13: 9780393067965
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 414