{"product_id":"the-family-fang-9780061579059","title":"The Family Fang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003cem\u003eTIME, PEOPLE, SALON, AND ESQUIRE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Ann Patchett, author of \u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA funny, poignant, laugh-and-cry-out-loud (sometimes at the same time) novel about the art of surviving a masterpiece of dysfunction. Meet \u003cem\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/em\u003e, an unforgettable collection of demanding, brilliant, and absolutely endearing oddballs whose lives are risky and mischievous performance art. Basis for the major \u003cstrong\u003emotion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman and Christopher Walken.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It's \u003cem\u003eThe Royal Tenenbaums\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/em\u003e I'd call \u003cem\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/em\u003e a guilty pleasure, but it's too damn smart....A total blast.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Hannah Pittard, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fates Will Find Their Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilson, Kevin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKevin Wilson is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Family Fang, \u003c\/em\u003e a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller adapted into an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman, and \u003cem\u003ePerfect Little World\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the story collections \u003cem\u003eTunneling to the Center of the Earth, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of the Shirley Jackson Award, and \u003cem\u003eBaby, You're Gonna Be Mine\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615413637394,"sku":"9780061579059","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1b86472b-955e-40b1-aefd-2fdb77d1a509.jpg?v=1732485293","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-family-fang-9780061579059","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}