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Skibell misremembers the guitar his father promised him; together, he and a telemarketer dream of a better world; a major work of Holocaust art turns out to have been painted by his cousin. Woven together, the stories paint a complex portrait of a man and his family: a businessman father and an artistic son and the difficult love between them; complicated uncles, cousins, and sisters; a haunted house; and--of course--an imaginary guitar.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Skibell's novels have been praised as \"startlingly original\" (the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), \"magical\" (the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), and the work of \"a gifted, committed imagination\" (the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). With his distinctive style, he has been referred to as \"the bastard love child of Mark Twain, I. B. 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As if he can't conjure up enough angst on his own, his great-grandfather appears before him in a dream to admonish him for neglecting the obligations of his faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Belski, the dilemma is how an assimilated intellectual can connect with an ancient and irrational (to him) religion without losing his sense of self. Is he the self-hating Jew that his obstreperous colleague pegs him for? Can his wife and daughter bully him into opening up his heart and letting in a little joy? Belski tries to come to grips with the meaninglessness of modern life, the demands of tradition, the nature of love and fidelity, and the true significance of the lyrics to Goodnight Irene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph Skibell has written a novel that is sad, funny, daring, and ultimately redemptive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391406870801,"sku":"CIN1565122577G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1565122577.jpg?v=1750959538"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-contribuor-joseph-skibell.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}