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“Like Richard Russo, Dan Pope has a solid grasp of small-town sorrow and middle-aged crazy. Housebreaking is a smart, surehanded novel about sex, love, and the confusions of desire.” Stewart O’Nan, New York Times bestselling author of Faithful
“Through clean, straightforward prose, Pope energetically inhabits his characters…Housebreaking is more earnest than satirical and its manicured setting incidental in what is ultimately a heartfelt chamber piece of flawed personalities, calamitous decisions, and unexpected moments of grace.” New York Times Book Review
“Compassionate, utterly engrossing…This insightful novel about flawed people and their frequent quests for redemption makes some trenchant points about how easily people can lose sight of what’s most important.” Booklist
“Housebreaking looks behind the facade of a suburban neighborhood and tells the truth about love and lust, marriage and family, youth and aging, grief and loss…Dan Pope is a writer of extraordinary insight, wit, and heart.” Jennifer Haigh, author of Faith
“I could gush here about the roller-coaster twists and turns in Housebreaking. Or I could marvel at the contemporary spin Dan Pope gives the suburban novel that Richard Yates and John Cheever made familiar. But instead I will simply say that Housebreaking is exciting and wonderful from start to finish, and that you must must read it and discover its pleasures for yourself.” Ann Hood, author of The Obituary Writer
“A necessary American novel of rare beauty and power.” William Giraldi, author of Hold the Dark
“Dan Pope’s novel Housebreaking hooks the reader—tacking between grief and lust, manipulation and fear—as it races to a conclusion that is both satisfying and surprisingly tender. Pope is a sophisticated, sensitive, and astonishing writer.” Sabina Murray, author of Tales from the New World