{"product_id":"domestic-violets-a-novel-isbn-9780062065117","title":"Domestic Violets: A Novel","description":"“Hystericaland often touching. . . . \u003cem\u003eDomestic Violets\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast, fun, hilariousread.\" —Jessica Anya Blau, critically-acclaimed author of\u003cem\u003e The Summer of Naked Swim Parties \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDrinkingCloser to Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003eInthe tradition of Jonathan Tropper and Tom Perrotta comes Matthew Norman's \u003cem\u003eDomestic Violets\u003c\/em\u003e—adarkly comic family drama about one man’s improbable trials of love, loss, andambition; of attraction, impotence, and infidelity; and of mid-life malaise,poorly-planned revenge, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eTom Violet always thought that by the time he turned thirty-five, he’d have everything going for him. Fame. Fortune. A beautiful wife. A satisfying career as a successful novelist. A happy dog to greet him at the end of the day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reality, though, is far different. He’s got a wife, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he’s written a novel, but the manuscript he’s slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father, an actual famous writer, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career, such that it is, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords, his pretentious archnemesis Gregory, and a hopeless, completely inappropriate crush on his favorite coworker. Oh . . . and his dog, according to the vet, is suffering from acute anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom’s life is crushing his soul, but he’s decided to do something about it. (Really.) \u003cem\u003eDomestic Violets\u003c\/em\u003e is the brilliant and beguiling story of a man finally taking control of his own happiness—even if it means making a complete idiot of himself along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Reminiscent of Richard Russo’s earlier work, Norman’s refreshingly witty style is perfectly suited to articulating the trials of a middle-aged cynic. Wonderfully fast-paced, hilariously genuine, difficult to put down, \u003ci\u003eDomestic Violets\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal first novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Matthew Norman has somehow managed to make impotence sexy in this hysterical and often touching romp through one man’s struggle with his wife, his crush, his sexy hot step-mother, his wise mother, his kindly step-father, his neurotic dog, and his bigger-than-reality father. Domestic Violets is a fast, fun, hilarious read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Anya Blau, critically-acclaimed author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Drinking Closer to Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Domestic Violets is a wonderfully readable, riotous story of the upended lives of the Violets--Tom Violet, the narrator-in-crisis, tells the story of missed connections, off kilter marriages-- there’s Anna, his wife, Curtis, his father, the famous writer, his young daughter, Allie-- but mostly this is the story of his own fragile masculinity and frustrations, of the precarious state of marriage, told with humor and surprising intimacy. You can’t help but love him!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Richards Shreve, author of A Student of Living Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Matthew Norman has written a dastardly fun satire of contemporary domestic life [with} surprising twists on all the old conventions and a fresh perspective on a literary foundation that hearkens back to Philip Roth, John Updike and John Cheever.  An astoundingly good read!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Gaylord, author of  Hummingbirds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Norman’s debut novel is funny and incisive, and hard on sacred cows.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All this misery makes for good comedy … charmingly drawn …” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post on DOMESTIC VIOLETS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Norman’s hilarious debut novel is a tale of a man’s middle-age quest to differentiate himself from his father and decide what’s worth changing and what’s worth keeping in his life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books on DOMESTIC VIOLETS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“so real, so funny” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan K. 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