International bestseller Jonathan Tropper joins Dutton with the book his fansin the trade have been waiting for him to write an uproarious sophisticatedand deep... » 

International bestseller Jonathan Tropper joins Dutton with the book his fansin the trade have been waiting for him to write an uproarious sophisticatedand deeply moving breakout novel. Those who have already discovered JonathanTropper have called his novels ahilarious but emotionpacked a1afantastically funny a2 asurprisingly moving a3 and autterly magnificent.a4With his Dutton debut Tropper has delivered a novel of true sophistication atonce light of touch and with a real sense of humor without sacrificing a depthof character and raw emotion reminiscent of the early work of John Irving andMichael Chabon. This Is Where I Leave You opens with the death of JuddFoxmanas father an event that marks the first time in a decade that the entireFoxman familyaincluding Juddas mother brothers and sisterahave been togetherin the same house for an extended period. Conspicuously absent Juddas wifeJen whose fourteenmonth affair with Juddas radioshockjock boss has recentlybecome painfully public. The typical Foxman family gathering ends with cardoors slamming and tires screeching as various factions scatter to nurse theirresentments in private. But this time around the Foxmans reluctantly submit totheir fatheras dying request to spend the seven days following the funeraltogether. In the same house. Like a real family. For Judd itas a weeklongopportunity to come to terms with his fatheras death his failed marriage andto explain the mess his life has become to a neverending parade of people hethought he might never see again. Which would be bad enough without the bombJen dropped the day Juddas father died Sheas pregnant. «