The Bad American

By Paul Reidinger

At the heart of Paul Reidinger's new novel The Bad American, we find Roy North, an American prone to daydreaming, and his mother, a widowed woman with little patience for daydreamers or much else. When a health crisis engulfs her, their little family of two (plus an assortment of hangers-on) embarks on a voyage across land- and seascapes roiled by an America in its own health crisis. Can either of the stricken parties recover?

You might like this book if: you're interested in American history and politics, you have a sense of humor, you have some curiosity about the religious instinct, you believe in bisexuality and/or you can bear some probing of troubled family relationships.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Reidinger
• Release date: Jun 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452429649

Paul Reidinger

Paul Reidinger is the author of several novels, including The Best Man, Good Boys, The City Kid, and The Bad American. His other books include a memoir, Lions in the Garden, a collection of essays and criticism Patchwork, and The Federalist Regained, an essay on the Constitution. He grew up in Wisconsin, was educated at Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in San Francisco.

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