Fun & Games
"David Michael Slater's 1980s coming-of-age story fuses intense family dysfunction with literary intelligence. Mr. Slater throws all kinds of crazy against the wall--and not only does it stick, it works brilliantly...Fans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Augusten Burroughs will crown David Michael Slater their new king." - The New York Journal of Books"A Holocaust-survivor grandmother who makes macabre jokes. A famous father whose anti-religious books attract sexually-desperate groupies. Sadistic sisters, an alcoholic mother, an unusually high body count for a novel this funny, and a plot that encompasses Hebrew school, porn producer thugs and a faltering orgy for literary deconstructionists without missing a beat. Even more remarkable, David Michael Slater's Fun and Games is a male coming-of-age story that doesn't rely on shock humor or gratuitous offense for chuckles-it's hilarious..." -Judith Basya, HEEB MAGAZINE Literary Editor