The Book of Joe
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Book of Joe (2003) is a comic novel by Jonathan Tropper. Writer Joe Goff returns to the small Connecticut town he satirized in a bestselling novel when his father falls ill. He must face the neighbors, old flames and family members he wrote about, and decide whether going home can mean something other than settling old scores with the people he left behind.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is "The Book of Joe." It's a well-written comic novel with a twist. People sometimes tell me the books I recommend aren't exactly beach reading. Well, this one is.”