Imperfect Solo: A Dark Comedy of Random Misfortune

“A Perfect Riff on What It Means to Be Human in This Unsettled Age” (Renée Montagne, NPR)—For Readers of Jonathan Tropper and Philip Roth.

Meyer is filled with dread. His fading musical aspirations, his tyrannical CEO, his ex-wives, his exiting girlfriend, his elderly father, his beloved and troublesome children, and his confused and bewildered life all attest to his conviction that the sky will soon fall on his head. And then it does.

This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill fortu...