The Exception: Uncle Buck's Book of Irrepressible Navigation

From the award-winning author and screenwriter comes a collection that brings together all of Barry Gifford’s Uncle Buck stories, many written in 2024 and 2025 with others dating back to the early 2000s.

“Gifford . . . can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life.”
—Anthony Bourdain, The New York Times Book Review

These stories feature hard lessons in adulthood marred by betrayals, murders and madness, while also evoking the innocence of the b...