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W. W. Norton & Company
414 pages
Product Description
<p><strong>A breakout new novel from the critically acclaimed novelist and playwright Joe Meno, author of <em>Hairstyles of the Damned</em>.</strong></p>The sky is falling for the Caspers, a family of cowards: for Jonathan, a paleontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric giant squid; for his wife, Madeline, an animal behaviorist with a failing experiment; for their daughter, Amelia, a disappointed teenage revolutionary; for her younger sister, Thisbe, on a frustrated search for God; and for grandfather Henry, who wants to disappear, limiting himself to eleven words a day, then ten, then nine… Each fears uncertainty and the possibilities that accompany it. When Jonathan and Madeline suddenly decide to separate, this nuclear family is split, each member forced to confront his or her own cowardice, finally coming to appreciate the cloudiness of the modern age.<br /> <br /> With wit and humor, <em>The Great Perhaps</em> presents a revealing look at anxiety, ambiguity, and the need for complicated answers to complex questions. 4 drawings