Jonathan Tropper Livres

Joe Goffman, trente-quatre ans, est écrivain et vit à New York. Argent, jet-set, jolies femmes, il a connu un succès fulgurant grâce à son premier roman, Bush Falls, un best-seller acide et très controversé, directement inspiré de son adolescence dans une bourgade américaine typique du Connecticut. Dans son livre, Joe s'est vengé des drames et des frustrations qui ont marqué sa jeunesse en ridiculisant les mœurs provinciales de ses ex-concitoyens, dénonçant leur hypocrisie, leur étroitesse d'esprit et toutes leurs turpitudes. Mais après dix-sept d'absence, Joe doit retourner à Bush Falls au chevet de son père mourant. Il se retrouve alors confronté aux souvenirs d'un passé qu'il croyait enfoui à jamais – suicide de sa mère, père indifférent, brimades des caïds du lycée, perte tragique de ses deux meilleurs amis. Confronté à l'hostilité de la ville toute entière et à son ex grand amour de jeunesse, c'est le début pour lui d'une sérieuse remise en question...

La vie vaut-elle toujours le coup d'être vécue ? Lorsqu'on s'appelle Silver, quarantenaire divorcé et ex-rock star sans le sou, qu'on est à la fois un fils et un père minable, et qu'on apprend que l'on doit se faire opérer de toute urgence, la réponse est catégorique. Pas question de passer sur le billard ! Silver a autre chose en tête : profiter du temps qu'il lui reste pour ne pas laisser à ses proches l'image d'un raté...

As his wedding day approaches, Zachary King begins to wonder if his entire life might be a big mistake, doubts that are only enhanced by the arrival of Norm, Zack's freewheeling, overbearing father, after a twenty-year absence.

"Beautifully crafted", "Fantastically funny." "Compulsively readable." Jonathan Tropper has earned wild acclaim—-and comparisons to Nick Hornby and Tom Perrotta—for his biting humor and insightful portrayals of families in crisis and men behaving badly. Now the acclaimed author ofThe Book of JoeandEverything Changestackles love, lust, and lost in the suburbs—in a stunning novel that is by turns heartfelt and riotously funny. Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet suburban town, that makes him something of a celebrity—the object of sympathy, curiosity, and, in some cases, unbridled desire. But Doug has other things on his mind. First there's his sixteen year-old stepson, Russ: a once-sweet kid who now is getting into increasingly serious trouble on a daily basis. Then there are Doug's sisters: his bossy twin, Clair, who's just left he husband and moved in with Doug, determined to rouse him from his Grieving stupor. And Debbie, who's engaged to Doug's ex-best friend and manically determined to pull off the perfect wedding at any cost. Soon Doug's entire nuclear family is in his face. And when he starts dipping his toes into the shark-infested waters of the second-time around dating scene, it isn't long before his new life is spinning hopelessly out of control, cutting a harrowing and often hilarious swath of sexual missteps and escalating chaos across the suburban landscape. From the Hardcover edition.

As Zachary King's wedding day nears, he grapples with unsettling doubts about his seemingly perfect life, including his successful career and beautiful fiancée. The situation intensifies with the unexpected return of his father, Norm, who reenters Zack's life after two decades, bringing with him a whirlwind of chaos and reflection. This encounter forces Zack to confront his choices and the meaning of happiness, leading him to question whether he is truly on the right path.

The Richard & Judy-selected author returns with a touching and hilarious new novel. Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces the twin threats of both divorce and unemployment. His misery is compounded further with the sudden death of his father. He is then asked to come and 'sit Shiva' for his newly deceased parent with his angry, screwed-up and somewhat estranged brothers and sisters in his childhood home. It is there he must confront who he really is and - more importantly - who he can become. Funny, moving, powerful and poignant, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is the fabulous follow-up to HOW TO TALK TO A WIDOWER and Jonathan Tropper at his best.

Shortly after Judd's wife leaves him for his boss, Judd's father Mort passes away, bringing the entire family together in mourning. During this week of "sitting shiva," Judd realizes his siblings are even more dysfunctional than he is, and the confrontations that ensue are full of raw emotion and humorous consequences.

Judd Foxman is thrown together with his dysfunctional family when his father dies, while at the same time coping with his wife's infidelity and the end of his marriage, in a paperback reissue that will have cover art that ties into the forthcoming film starring Jason Bateman and Tina Fey. Reissue. Movie tie-in.

The heartwarming debut novel by the New York Times bestselling author of This is Where I Leave You and One Last Thing Before I Go. Turning thirty was never supposed to be like this. Ten years ago, Ben, Lindsey, Chuck, Alison, and Jack graduated from New York University and went out into the world, fresh-faced and full of dreams for the future. But now Ben's getting a divorce; Lindsey's unemployed; Alison and Chuck seem stuck in ruts of their own making; and Jack is getting more publicity for his cocaine addiction than his multimillion-dollar Hollywood successes. Suddenly, turning thirty-- past the age their parents were when they were born, older than every current star athlete or pop music sensation-- seems to be both more meaningful and less than they'd imagined ten years ago. Plan B, Jonathan Tropper's wonderful debut novel, is about more than friendship, love, celebrity, addiction, kidnapping, or even turning thirty-- it's a heartfelt comic riff on what it means to be an adult against your will, to be single when you thought you'd have a family, to discover you are not, in fact, immortal, and to learn that Star Wars is as good a life lesson today as it was when you were six years old.

Zachary King je miláček štěstěny. Má výborně placenou práci, skvělý byt na Manhattanu, za který nemusí platit, a jeho snoubenka Hope je jednou z těch žen, které většině mužů berou dech. Jak se ale přibližuje den svatby, Zachary se stále častěji přistihuje při myšlenkách na Tamaru, vdovu po svém nejlepším kamarádovi, který zahynul při autonehodě. A jako by toho ještě nebylo dost, po dvacetileté absenci se v Zacharyho životě znovu objeví jeho otec s neodbytnou potřebou napravit vše, co jako rodič zmeškal. Jeho dobře míněné a urputně pronášené rady přivádějí Zacharyho na pokraj šílenství, ale zároveň ho přivedou k poznání, že pokud ve svém životě něco zásadního nezmění, bude mít až do smrti pocit, že mu vše důležité proteklo mezi prsty. Stejně tak se ale může stát, že každá změna, ke které se těžce odhodlá, uvrhne jeho život do totálního chaosu…