Mona simpson: Casebook Mona Simpson will talk about her new novel Casebook to be released in April 2014 (Knopf).
Publishers’ Weekly says, "this is a story about a son’s love for his mother, and Simpson’s portrayal of utter loyalty is infectious." From the acclaimed and award-winning author: a beguiling new novel about an eavesdropping boy working to discover the obscure mysteries of his unraveling family. He uncovers instead what he least wants to know: the workings of his parents' private lives. And even then he can't stop snooping.
About the book: Miles Adler-Hart, helped by his friend Hector, spies and listens in on his separating parents. Both boys are in thrall to Miles's unsuspecting mother, Irene, who is "pretty for a mathematician." They rifle through her dresser drawers and strip-mine her computer diary, finding that all leads pull them straight into her bedroom, and into questions about a stranger from Washington, D.C., who weaves in and out of their lives. Their amateur
