NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
TIME, PEOPLE, SALON, AND ESQUIRE
“
The Family Fang
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.”
—Ann Patchett, author of
Bel Canto
A funny, poignant, laugh-and-cry-out-loud (sometimes at the same time) novel about the art of surviving a masterpiece of dysfunction. Meet
, an unforgettable collection of demanding, brilliant, and absolutely endearing oddballs whose lives are risky and mischievous performance art. Basis for the major
motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman and Christopher Walken.
Annie 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.
“It’s
The Royal Tenenbaums
meets
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
I’d call
a guilty pleasure, but it’s too damn smart….A total blast.”
—Hannah Pittard, author of
The Fates Will Find Their Way