Guest post by Sarah Matalone
A very cool reading is set for tonight at 8pm at the UVA Bookstore. Author Kevin Wilson will be reading from his much-talked about New York Times bestselling novel, The Family Fang, a story about two artsy parents’ unconventional (and destructive) approach to child-rearing.
The novel, which has been called “delicious” (Houston Chronicle), “irresistible” (Time), “wild” (Christian Science Monitor) and “genius” (Ann Patchett), has a comic edge that will truly illuminate with Wilson’s live reading.
The Family Fang is the story of two performance artists, Caleb and Camille Fang, who are constantly manipulating their children, Annie and Buster, into taking part in their grandiose and absurd art pieces.
Annie, an actress who becomes disillusioned when a director connives her into doing a scene topless, and Buster, a journalist for Potent magazine who get shots in the face with a potato gun in a Gonzo journalism assignment gone awry, both return home to Tennessee where they begin to ponder the effects of their parent-artists’ strange parenting strategies.
Read an excerpt of the novel here.