Gods of Glenhaven

<p><strong>Hilarious . . . Statler's wit and charm are on full display.-Christopher Monks editor of <em>McSweeney's Internet Tendency</em></strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A raunchy and fun supernatural comedy with a surprising amount of heart. <em>-Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong>Percy Jackson for adults!-John Zilcosky author of Kafka's Travels</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>From comedy writer and <em>McSweeney's</em> contributor Stephen Statler comes <em>Gods of Glenhaven</em> a David Sedaris-meets-Tom Perotta fast-paced bighearted comedy about love sex death and rock and roll</strong><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>-</span><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>and everything that happens when our white-knuckle grip on life gets pried open against our will.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When Greek gods sweep into the quaint suburban town of Glenhaven to untangle their messy love lives the helpless mortals don't stand a chance.  </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Christian Orr struggling with work and erectile dysfunction after discovering his wife's infidelity has just moved into what his daughter Francesca calls the Divorced Dads Apartment Complex. His high-powered attorney ex Sloan is jaded and restless leaving precocious Francesca caught in the crosscurrents of change.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Enter Dionysus-Dee-the god of wine sex and questionable decisions who shows up searching for his estranged wife Ari and their teenage son Maron. After three thousand years of Dee's antics Ari has had enough. She's struck a deal with Zeus to start fresh-as a mortal suburban mom. And what's more normal than falling for a regular guy like Christian? If only Dee would stop tearing through Glenhaven in his quest to win her back.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Drunk on Dee's wine the residents of Glenhaven form chanting covens in the woods participate in ecstatic rituals and experience divine revelations-all while Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love loops faintly in the background of their lives.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Gods of Glenhaven</em> is a hilarious poignant and confronting novel about the universal fears and follies of the human condition and the joy and freedom we can experience by letting go. </strong></p>