The Full Catastrophe

A New York Times Notable Book: "A comic chronicle of marital misunderstandings . . . Eccentric, hilarious, wildly inventive" (Los Angeles Times).

Linguist Jeremy Cook knows how language works, but he doesn't know how marriage works. In fact, he is strangely hostile to the institution. So Cook is naturally uneasy about his job with a St. Louis firm specializing in "the linguistically troubled marriage."

His assignment is to move in with Dan and Beth Wilson, a prosperous suburban couple ...