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"All kinds of funny--raucously, wickedly, sweetly, saucily, surprisingly, profanely funny...a wonderful novel."
--Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of the Poets
"Deft and funny, true and real. If you read one book this year, read this one."
--Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber's Handbook
Senior editor at the online literary magazine The Nervous Breakdown and author of Totally Killer, author Greg Olear brings us a not-so-typical day in the life of stay-at-home dad Josh Lansky, juggling myriad fatherly responsibilities while dealing with the maddening realization that his away-on-business wife just might be having an affair. Fathermucker is a sweet, heartrending, often hilarious look at family life from the dad's perspective that Nick Hornby fans will most certainly respond to. As Jessica Anne Blau, author of Drinking Closer to Home and The Summer of Naked Swim Parties so insightfully points out, "Only a writer with the verve, daring, and great talent of Greg Olear could pull off a novel that deals with sippy cups, masturbation, autism spectrum disorder, affairs, and play-dates all at once."
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"All kinds of funny-raucously, wickedly, sweetly, saucily, surprisingly, profanely funny...a wonderful novel, capturing in a single manic day the helpless ache of parenthood and the ceaseless flood of popular culture."--Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of the Poets
"This brilliantly insightful novel explores the trials of modern fatherhood through one hectic day... Littered with hilariously genuine anecdotes, parental pathos, and a hearty dose of pop culture, this clever, comic, and compassionate novel will appeal to fans of Jim Lindberg and Jonathan Evison."--Booklist
"Fathermucker is witty, realistic, and charming, replete with a father's genuine love for his family. An entertaining choice for book clubs members of both genders, particularly those with young children."--Library Journal
"A lively and keenly observed portrait of twenty-first century parenthood."--Penthouse
"Fierce and funny"--Washington Post
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"This brilliantly insightful novel explores the trials of modern fatherhood through one hectic day... Littered with hilariously genuine anecdotes, parental pathos, and a hearty dose of pop culture, this clever, comic, and compassionate novel will appeal to fans of Jim Lindberg and Jonathan Evison."--Booklist
"Fathermucker is witty, realistic, and charming, replete with a father's genuine love for his family. An entertaining choice for book clubs members of both genders, particularly those with young children."--Library Journal
"A lively and keenly observed portrait of twenty-first century parenthood."--Penthouse
"Fierce and funny"--Washington Post
A day in the life of a dad on the brink: Josh Lansky--second-rate screenwriter, fledgling freelancer, and stay-at-home dad of two preschoolers--has held everything together while his wife is away on business . . . until this morning's playdate, when he finds out through the mommy grapevine that she might be having an affair. What Josh needs is a break. He's not going to get one.
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- Publication date2011
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. ".a whip-smart, hilarious, and deeply moving meditationon fatherhood and marriage."--Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and All About Lulu"In vivid Crayola yellow, Olear brilliantly highlights the bliss and pathos, fear, loathing and lusting of 21st century parenthood. Yet beneath the sippy cups, crumpled Happy Meal bags, and Mom Jeans intertwined with another dad's sweatpants on the floor of this runaway minivan of a novel lies much more. FATHERMUCKER is nothing less than a moving and sneakily profound meditation on what it means to exist in these absurd and troubling times."-- James P. Othmer, author of The Futurist and Holy Water".a book you can't wait for your friends to read, too -- an exhilarating and fearless celebration of life's highs, lows, and all the glorious in-betweens."-- Maria Semple, author of This One Is Mine"Fathermucker is a staggering achievement. A reflection on love, marriage and parenthood,so astoundingly honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuine, it will break your heart."-- Robin Antalek author of The Summer We Fell Apart"I LOVE this book. Packed with fantastically spot-on parenting details, and so funny, I keptreading it out loud to everyone around me (Yes, even the kids. Let's hope they don't remember)."-- Lenore Skenazy, author of the book and blog Free Range Kids"With candor and wit, Greg Olear takes the reader to the most uncomfortable truthsof marriage and parenthood--and yet Fathermucker oozes with vulnerability and love.I burst into tears several times while reading this novel, and was beyond moved by theanguished acceptance of young Roland's autism. Compassionate, insightful, andlaugh-out-loud funny."-- Susan Henderson, author of Up from the Blue"Funny, wise, sexy.this claustrophobic vision of contemporary parenting hits home."-- Thelma Adams, author of Playdate"Only a writer with the verve, daring and great talent of Greg Olear could pull off a novelthat deals with sippy cups, masturbation, autism spectrum disorder, affairs, and playdatesall at once. Fathermucker is delightfully unexpected, wholly original, and a joy to read."-- Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Partiesand Drinking Closer to Home. Seller Inventory # DADAX0062059718
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