The sky is falling for the Caspers, a family of cowards. When the parents decide to separate, this family is forced to appreciate the cloudiness of this modern age.

About the Author
Winner of a Nelson Algren Award, a Pushcart Prize, and a finalist for the 2008 Story Prize, Joe Meno has written two short story collections and four novels, including Hairstyles of the Damned and The Great Perhaps. He teaches creative writing at Columbia College in Chicago.

Reviews
"The wisest, most humane and transcendent novel on the contemporary family since The Corrections. . . . A marvelous book." -- Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
"Meno masterfully, and meaningfully, conflates the fantastic with the everyday. . . . Tender, funny, spooky, and gripping." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist
"A darkly funny, lyrical, and shrewdly observant chronicle of a family on the verge of a nervous breakdown." -- Tom Perrotta, author of The Abstinence Teacher
"Meno is thinking hard about why the world is the way it is and about where hope for change might reasonably lie." -- Jonathan Dee - New York Times Book Review


Awards
Winner of Great Lakes Book Award 2009.



Book Information
ISBN 9780393304565
Author Joe Meno
Format Paperback
Page Count 430
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 530g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 28mm