Critical Praise

"An elegiac, wickedly observant look at a small town and its secrets. In Jonathan Tropper's highly readable novel, the problem isn't that you can't go home again, it's that eventually you have to, whether you like it or not."

——Tom Perrotta, author of Election and Joe College

"[A] winner of a book . . . like Richard Russo or Michael Chabon at their best. . . . Read The Book of Joe and you too will laugh and cry (and cringe) as you watch Joe Goffman return to his hometown to make things right."

——Rita Ciresi, author of Pink Slip and Remind Me Again Why I Married You

"A beautifully crafted book of enormous heart, humility, wit, honesty, and vulnerability. You want to call your friends at 3:00 a.m. and read whole passages out loud. . . . You know that kind of book? This is that kind of book. I wish I'd written it myself."

——Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors