Idiopathy

A debut novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle

Idiopathy (?d?'?p i): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.

Idiopathy is a novel that is as unexpected as its title, in which Katherine, Daniel, and Nathan--three characters you won't forget in a hurry--unsuccessfully try to figure out how they feel about one another and how they might best live their lives in a world gone mad. Featuring a mysterious cattle epidemic, a humiliating stint in rehab, an unwanted pregnancy, a mom-turned-media personality ("Mother Courage"), and a workplace with a bio-dome housing a perfectly engineered cornfield, it is at once a scathing satire and a moving meditation on love and loneliness. With unusual verbal finesse and great humor, Sam Byers neatly skewers the tangled relationships and unhinged narcissism of a self-obsessed generation in a remarkable, uproarious first novel.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 06/03/2014
ISBN: 9780865478121
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/14/2015 pg. 24