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Highlights
- Praise for Strube's previous novels: "Smart, eccentric prose.
- About the Author: Cordelia Strube: Cordelia Strube's previous novels include Milton's Elements, Dr. Kalbfleisch and the Chicken Restaurant, Planet Reese, and Lemon, which was longlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Award.
- 304 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Humorous
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About the Book
A darkly funny novel about family: the blood kind, the accidental kind, and the kind you rediscover on reality TV.Book Synopsis
Praise for Strube's previous novels:
"Smart, eccentric prose."--The New York Times
"Strube's comic sense is like a perfectly mixed martini: exceedingly dry and potent."--The Toronto Star
Milo doesn't quite have it together. His acting career has stalled. His girlfriend dumped him. His miserable father has vanished. And Pablo and Wallace--and then Wallace's mother--seem to have moved in to his house. The only person Milo likes is Robertson, the autistic eleven-year-old next door. So when Robertson gets bullied, Milo is finally spurred to action. Milo being Milo, though, even his best intentions go awry, and soon Robertson's dad is in the hospital, Milo's lost in the woods during an acting experiment and Gustaw, his dad, may have returned from the dead via reality TV.
Cordelia Strube's most recent novel Lemon, her eighth, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Trillium Award.
About the Author
Cordelia Strube: Cordelia Strube's previous novels include Milton's Elements, Dr. Kalbfleisch and the Chicken Restaurant, Planet Reese, and Lemon, which was longlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Award. She has been shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award, the Prix Italia and has won the Toronto Arts Council Protege Award.
