The Family Fang - Paperback

by Kevin Wilson (Author)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE
YEAR BY TIME, PEOPLE, SALON, AND ESQUIRE

"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."

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. Basis for the major motion picture starring
Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman and Christopher Walken.

Annie and Buster Fang have spent
most of their adult lives trying to distance themselves from their famous
artist parents, Caleb and Camille. But when a bad economy and a few bad
personal decisions converge, the two siblings have nowhere to turn but their family
home. Reunited under one roof for the first time in more than a decade and
surrounded by the souvenirs of their unusual upbringing, Buster and Annie are
forced to confront not only their creatively ambitious parents, but the chaos
and confusion of their childhood.

"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."

Front Jacket

Annie and Buster Fang have spent most of their adult lives trying to distance themselves from their famous artist parents, Caleb and Camille. But when a bad economy and a few bad personal decisions converge, the two siblings have nowhere to turn but their family home. Reunited under one roof for the first time in more than a decade and surrounded by the souvenirs of their unusual upbringing, Buster and Annie are forced to confront not only their creatively ambitious parents, but the chaos and confusion of their childhood.

Written with tremendous heart, wit, and honesty, Kevin Wilson's The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour de force....The best single-word description would be genius (Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder).

Back Jacket

Annie and Buster Fang have spent most of their adult lives trying to distance themselves from their famous artist parents, Caleb and Camille. But when a bad economy and a few bad personal decisions converge, the two siblings have nowhere to turn but their family home. Reunited under one roof for the first time in more than a decade and surrounded by the souvenirs of their unusual upbringing, Buster and Annie are forced to confront not only their creatively ambitious parents, but the chaos and confusion of their childhood.

Written with tremendous heart, wit, and honesty, Kevin Wilson's The Family Fang is a "comedy, a tragedy, and a tour de force....The best single-word description would be genius" (Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder).