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Blood test : a comedy / Charles Baxter.

ISBN: 9780593700853
ISBN: 0593700856
Physical Description: 209 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2024.
Copyright: &copy;2024

Baxter, Charles, 1947- (author.).

Summary:

"In this fresh take on love and trouble in the American heartland, Brock Hobson, an insurance salesman and Sunday-school teacher, finds his equilibrium disturbed by the results of a blood test. Baxter, a master storyteller, brings us a gradually building rollercoaster narrative, and a protagonist who is impertinent, searching, and hilariously relatable. From his good-as-gold, gentle girlfriend to the excessively macho subcontractor guy his ex-wife left him for, not to mention his well-raised teenage kids, now exploring sex and sexuality, the secondary characters in Brock's life all contribute meaningfully to the drama, as increasing challenges to his sense of self and purpose crash over him. The final battle -- no spoilers, but there is one -- couldn't be more delightful, as this quick and bracing novel reminds us to choose the best people to love, accept the ones we love even if we didn't choose them, and love them all well."-- Provided by publisher.