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The Family Fang - Kevin Wilson
The Family Fang
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“The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family….The best single word description would be brilliant.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto“It’s The Royal Tenenbaums meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I’d call The... show more
“The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family….The best single word description would be brilliant.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto“It’s The Royal Tenenbaums meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I’d call The Family Fang a guilty pleasure, but it’s too damn smart….A total blast.”—Hannah Pittard, author of The Fates Will Find Their WayOwen King (We’re All in This Together) calls author Kevin Wilson, “the unholy child of George Saunders and Carson McCullers.” With his novel, The Family Fang, the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Tunneling to the Center of the Earth comes through in a BIG way, with a funny, poignant, laugh-and-cry-out-loud (sometimes at the same time) novel about the art of surviving a masterpiece of dysfunction. Meet The Family Fang, an unforgettable collection of demanding, brilliant, and absolutely endearing oddballs whose lives are risky and mischievous performance art. If the writing of Gary Shteyngart, Miranda July, Scarlett Thomas, and Charles Yu excites you, you’ll certainly want to invite this Family into your home.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780061579035 (0061579033)
Publisher: Ecco
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!"
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!" rated it
3.0 A Fast Paced Quirky Read
I saw this at the library and thought, "I want to read this!" So, I checked it out and began reading. It's a fast paced read that really caught my attention. It has zany characters, interesting descriptions, and some very humorous moments. I also liked the fact that the story shifts between past and...
deannahello
deannahello rated it
I'm not going to waste a lot of time reviewing this. I'll sum it up in a few words whiney, affluent, hipsters.
A little tea, a little chat
A little tea, a little chat rated it
4.0
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Marcele
Marcele rated it
What a fuck up family. But, still, their story is beautiful.
Raging Biblioholism
Raging Biblioholism rated it
5.0 The Family Fang
Another excellent Biblioracle recommendation. A quirky family, a light tone that gets serious without you ever even noticing it, a fun construction within the novel, and a distinct reminder of why it is that I read. I laughed, I gasped, I even teared up a little. It's the sort of book you want to...
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