{"product_id":"9781555976866","title":"Tumbledown : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTumbledown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robert Boswell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A winning ensemble cast of therapists and patients make stabs at sanity in Robert Boswell's mordantly funny novel \u003ci\u003eTumbledown\u003c\/i\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A complicated, nuanced look at human experience and the insights into that experience contributed by people of varying kinds of intelligence.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A moving and often darkly hilarious meditation on sanity.\" —\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A deft twining of irony and insight on nearly every page . . . \u003ci\u003eTumbledown \u003c\/i\u003ewryly mines the heartache in emotional disturbances, some present from birth and the rest brought on by the business of living.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Within a suspenseful plot spiked with love triangles and flashbacks, Boswell renders each complex psyche and scene with magnificent precision and penetrating vision, fine-tuning our definitions of disorder and healing and deepening our perception of what it is to be normal, what it is to be human.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Like a funnier \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, this story focuses on a therapist and his wild yet well-meaning patients, bumbling through life, trying to make sense of the world and one another.\" —\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Ten Titles to Pick Up Now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boswell can write the most refreshingly old-fashioned kind of narrative: one that evokes deep sympathy for all its characters . . . All the novel's characters know that in adulthood they're supposed to settle for ‘what could pass for a normal life. Maybe it was a C- sort of life, but that was a passing grade.' Still, they want to keep hope, wonder and love in their lives . . . Without a whiff of sentimentality, he shows exactly how elusive such balance can be.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40647995719886,"sku":"9781555976866","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_060b24f1-15da-48db-a993-22391a417faf.jpg?v=1639189485","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976866","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}