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Listen to Joshua Ferris in conversation about A Calling for Charlie Barnes on Poured Over: The B&N Podcast

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It's obvious that Ferris had a ball while he was writing his wildly funny story of an all-around American guy, a divorced dad with more than a couple of secrets. And when Charlie's handed a second chance, he takes it with the help of his son, a writer. Like Ayad Akhtar's Homeland Elegies or Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, this novel is driven by a big question: Who owns a story? If you've read Then We Came to the End you know just how funny Joshua Ferris is. (And if you're a fan of The Office and haven't read Then We Came to the End, what are you waiting for?)

The hilarious and profound novel from National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris is about an American family in all messy forms—and one man at the head of it.

“A fine American novel about family, love, and a decent but flawed man trying to be better." —Stephen King

Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises and in a house he hates, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would ...