| Publishers Weekly called Charles Cohen s Daddy"funny, generous and witty", and his Silver Lin-ings, "pointed and telling, quick and comic."With this latest novel, Charles Cohen continues tofasten his wry and witty eye on the chillinggoings-on in a once tranquil Chicago suburb. It begins on a hot summer night, while the kidsare away at school. Elizabeth, a woman who be-lieves in the punishment fitting the crime, shootshusband Marty while he is kneeling for for-giveness--after she discovers him in flagrantedilicto with her mother. Next Frank, meticulousaccountant, chokes to death on an out-sized chunkof meat in full and knowing view of his "meek"spouse Frann. Then Dave, the friendly banker,wakes up one night and mysteriously throws him-self through a picture window at the apparition ofhis long dead and despised father--where was hiswife Jane? Events on Apple Tree Lane are spiral-ing out of control, and the only man left on theblock is Jack, a mild-mannered ,allergist who sen-sibly chose his specialty because he could notstand the sight of blood. In the wash of the untimely deaths, Jack s wifeBarbara, for years in search of a field for herpsychology degree, becomes distant from himand proportionately closer to the bereaved wives,giving "aid and counsel." And Jack, almostbeyond his belief, finds himself the object of asustained, building campaign to terminatehim... |
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