Idiopathy

A debut novel of love narcissism and ailing cattleIdiopathy (?d?''?p??i): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.Idiopathy is a novel that is as unexpected as its title in which Katherine Daniel and Nathan―three characters you won''t forget in a hurry―unsuccessfully try to figure out how they feel about one another and how they might best live their lives in a world gone mad. Featuring a mysterious cattle epidemic a humiliating stint in rehab an unwanted pregnancy a mom–turned–media personality (Mother Courage) and a workplace with a bio-dome housing a perfectly engineered cornfield it is at once a scathing satire and a moving meditation on love and loneliness. With unusual verbal finesse and great humor Sam Byers neatly skewers the tangled relationships and unhinged narcissism of a self-obsessed generation in a remarkable uproarious first novel.