Town House

<p>Jack Madigan should be leading an enviable life. He's the sole heir of a '70s rock icon. He lives with his retro-obsessed teenage son Harlan in a once-magnificent Boston town house. But now 36 Jack's painting career is buckling under a raging case of agoraphobia. And when the foreclosure notice arrives Jack must face losing the only home he's ever known--and his only safe zone. When Jack's ex-wife announces that Harlan would be better off living with her and her vitamin-enriched fiancé Jack has to figure out how to deter the perky inexperienced real-estate agent hold on to his house keep his son at home and--through the tenacity of the little girl next door--finally step out onto the sidewalk.<p>Fox 2000 swooped in to pre-empt the film rights while <em>Town House </em>was still on submission to publishers. Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions is set to produce the movie and Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter Doug Wright (<em>Memoirs of a Geisha</em>) is adapting the screenplay. A book with the ability to both entertain and move us <em>Town House </em>is a smart acerbic novel bursting with heart and quirky charm.</p><p></p>