Working for a firm that specializes in "the linguistically troubled marriage," linguist Jeremy Cook must move in with Dan and Beth Wilson to analyze their verbal problems, but as Cook catalogs their missteps, he becomes thoroughly, and unscientifically, involved. Reprint.
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"A comic chronicle of marital misunderstandings. . . eccentric, hilarious, wildly inventive and eerily accurate. . . Read this terrific book." -The Los Angeles Times
"With humor and insight, Mr. Carkeet's fourth novel addresses the commonest of social diseases-a failing marriage-with the least likely of therapies: a live-in linguist."-The New York Times Book Review
"A feat of literary magic. . . a trove of insights about the way we live and love and bump our heads trying, sweetened by some of the funniest writing since Mark Twain." -Jonathan Kellerman
David Carkeet is the author of five novels, including three New York Times Notable Books. His honors include an Edgar nomination, an O. Henry Award, an NEA Fellowship, and the AWP Creative Nonfiction Award. He lived in St. Louis for thirty years with his wife and three daughters. He currently lives in Worcester, Vermont.
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