After Sam Holland--a husband, father, and novelist whose life appears to be stagnating--writes a pseudonymous work on UFOs that soars to bestsellerdom, he is plunged into a whirlpool of fame and fortune, and his life begins to spiral out of control
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Review:
The funniest novel to date from an author whose previous obsession was, well, obsession, Men in Black is the story of a Jewish, 40-year-old novelist who writes a puffed-up primer on UFOs, under a pseudonym he happens to share with the author of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Meanwhile his teenage son is AWOL as a result of his father's sexual transgression. A hilarious send-up of our media culture and a powerful exploration of family life.
About the Author:
Scott Spencer has taught at Columbia University and Bard College.
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0679434526
- ISBN 13 9780679434528
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages321
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