From New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as âthe Steinbeck of Suburbiaâ (Time), âour Balzac of the burbsâ (Chicago Sun-Times), and âan American Chekhovâ (The New York Times), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey, from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on a series of events that changed his lifeâand the story he finally has the courage to tell.
From New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as âthe Steinbeck of Suburbiaâ (Time), âour Balzac of the burbsâ (Chicago Sun-Times), and âan American Chekhovâ (The New York Times), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey, from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on a series of events that changed his lifeâand the story he finally has the courage to tell.