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Michiko KakutaniAdam Ross's Mr. Peanut is a dark, dazzling and deeply flawed novel that announces the debut of an enormously talented writer. An account of three troubled marriages, the book is a Rubik's cube of a story that reads like a postmodern mash-up of Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and one of James M. Cain's noirish mysteriesFrom the first page on, it's clear that Mr. Rossis a literary gymnast. He's a sorcerer with words, whose David Foster Wallace-like descriptive powers have given him the ability to conjure everything from a pretty Hawaiian beachscape to the slow-motion horror of a car accident with color and lan. The New York Times Scott Turowthe daring, arresting first novel by Adam Ross, an author of prodigious talent, which takes as its theme "the dual nature of marriage, the proximity of violence and love"Mr.
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Adam Ross lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters. His debut novel, , a 2010 Notable Book, was also named one of the best books of the year by , and , his short story collection, was included in Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2011. His non©fic©tion has been pub©lished in
