Publisher Description

Praise for Strube's previous novels:"Smart, eccentric prose."-The New York Times"Strube's comic sense is like a perfectly mixed martini: exceedingly dry and potent."-The Toronto StarMilo doesn't quite have it together. His acting career has stalled. His girlfriend dumped him. His miserable father has vanished. And Pablo and Wallace-and then Wallace's mother-seem to have moved in to his house. The only person Milo likes is Robertson, the autistic eleven-year-old next door. So when Robertson gets bullied, Milo is finally spurred to action. Milo being Milo, though, even his best intentions go awry, and soon Robertson's dad is in the hospital, Milo's lost in the woods during an acting experiment and Gustaw, his dad, may have returned from the dead via reality TV.Cordelia Strube's most recent novel Lemon, her eighth, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Trillium Award.

Author Biography

Cordelia Strube: Cordelia Strube's previous novels include Milton's Elements, Dr. Kalbfleisch and the Chicken Restaurant, Planet Reese, and Lemon, which was longlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Award. She has been shortlisted for Canada's Governor General's Award, the Prix Italia and has won the Toronto Arts Council Protege Award.

Promotional

Promotional bunny stickers to be made for events, booksellers, etcGoodreads giveaway organized, possible selection for The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC)Publicity push to Oprah.com, USA Today, Marie Claire, moreAuthor blog tour in May 2013Ebook will be simultaneously released with print edition

Review Text

[Cordelia Strube is] Canada's best bet to succeed Alice Munro.' Toronto Star

Review Quote

'A Fall 2012 "Must-Read" … Half the fun of this blackly comic novel is finding out what over-the-top punishment Toronto author Cordelia Strube will subject her hero to next.' – Toronto Life'Call it a funny novel with unexpected pockets of grief, or a sad novel with a surprising number of good jokes. Either way, the combination is potent; in genetics they call this sort of thing hybrid vigour. [Sam] Lipsyte's book [The Ask] doesn't come close.' – Edmonton Journal'A darkly comedic story of misfits in an ugly world … At its heart, which is huge, Milosz is about progeny, about what tethers us to the world and to each other.' – National Post

Competing Titles

All Families Are Psychotic Douglas Coupland 9781582342153 14.95 Bloomsbury USA Sept 2002

Description for Sales People

Acidly funny take on contemporary culture Book looks into the world of reality television, which is an interesting subject for fiction

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