NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"The Washington Post - The New Yorker - The Austin Chronicle -
Kansas City Star - The Guardian" (UK) "- BookPage - Flavorwire -
Bookish"
Who is A. N. Dyer? "& Sons" is a literary masterwork for
readers of "The Art of Fielding, The Emperor's Children, "and
"Wonder Boys"--the panoramic, deeply affecting story of an iconic
novelist, two interconnected families, and the heartbreaking truths
that fiction can hide.
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Circle for author chats and more.
The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan's Upper East Side
would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in "The
New York Times "notwithstanding) but for the presence of one
particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer,
whose novel "Ampersand" stands as a classic of American teenage
angst. But as Andrew Newbold Dyer delivers the eulogy for his
oldest friend, ""he suffers a breakdown over the life he's led and
the people he's hurt and the novel that will forever endure as his
legacy. He must gather his three sons for the first time in many
years--before it's too late.
So begins a wild, transformative, heartbreaking week, as witnessed
by Philip Topping, who, like his late father, finds himself caught
up in the swirl of the Dyer family. First there's son Richard, a
struggling screenwriter and father, returning from self-imposed
exile in California. In the middle lingers Jamie, settled in
Brooklyn after his twenty-year mission of making documentaries
about human suffering. And last is Andy, the half brother whose
mysterious birth tore the Dyers apart seventeen years ago, now in
New York on spring break, determined to lose his virginity before
returning to the prestigious New England boarding school that
inspired "Ampersand." But only when the real purpose of this
reunion comes to light do these sons realize just how much is at
stake, not only for their father but for themselves and three
generations of their family.
In this daring feat of fiction, David Gilbert establishes himself
as one of our most original, entertaining, and insightful authors.
"& Sons" is that rarest of treasures: a startlingly imaginative
novel about families and how they define us, and the choices we
make when faced with our own mortality.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "NEW YORK TIMES "EDITORS' CHOICE
"Big, brilliant, and terrifically funny."--Jess Walter, author of
"Beautiful Ruins"
"Extraordinary."--"Time"
"Smart and savage . . . Seductive and ripe with both comedy and
heartbreak, "& Sons"] made me reconsider my stance on . . . the
term 'instant classic.'"--NPR
"A big, ambitious book about fathers and sons, Oedipal envy and
sibling rivalry, and the dynamics between art and life . . . "&
Sons"] does a wonderful job of conjuring up its characters'
memories . . . in layered, almost Proustian detail."--Michiko
Kakutani, "The New York Times"
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" A] smart, engrossing saga . . . Perfect for fans of Jonathan
Franzen or Claire Messud.""--Entertainment Weekly"
"This great big novel is . . . infused with warmth and wisdom
about what it means to be a family."--"The Boston Globe"
"Audacious . . . one of the year's] most dazzlingly smart, fully
realized works of fiction."--"The Washington Post"
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