![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() " - Entertainment Weekly " The family at the center of Mister Sandman is uniquely, whimsically dysfunctional. Gowdy's raucous, tender love is a find indeed." - Publishers Weekly (A Best Book of the Year) " Mister Sandman displays the same quirkiness, the same mordant sense of humor, the same ear for the vernacular, the same innocent-eyed acceptance of the bizarre, that characterizes her two previous novels.Gowdy surprises and delights she also-which is rare-gives us the moments which are at the same time preposterous and strangely moving." - Margaret Atwood, Times Literary Supplement ("Best Books of the Year") "One of the strangest-and most heartwarming-paeans to family ties you'll ever read. It's unlikely that anything else will come along that will equal its combination of audacious concept, inspired characterization, frank sexuality, ribald humor and poignant message. "Count this wickedly funny and moving novel by a Canadian writer the year's sleeper. ![]()
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