Plus One
A Novel

Name: Plus One
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Christopher Noxon
ISBN: 9781481513432

Author: Christopher Noxon

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 9 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 01/13/2015

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Family Life, Satire

Synopsis

The hilarious tale of a newly full-time dad and awards-show "plus one" whose TV-writer wife has hit the big timeChristopher Noxon's debut novel Plus One is a comedic take on breadwinning women and caretaking men in contemporary Los Angeles. Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a mid-level marketing executive whose wife's fourteenth attempt at a television pilot is produced, ordered to series, and awarded an Emmy. Overnight, she's sucked into a mad show-business vortex and he's tasked with managing their new high-profile Hollywood lifestyle. He falls in with a posse of Plus Ones, men who are married to women whose success, income, and public recognition far surpasses their own. What will it take for him to regain the foreground in his own life?

About Christopher Noxon

Christopher Noxon is an accomplished journalist who has written for such publications as the New Yorker, Details, Los Angeles magazine, Salon, and the New York Times Magazine. His first book, Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up, earned him interviews on such shows as The Colbert Report and Good Morning America and generated features in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and Talk of the Nation. Noxon happens to be married to a top TV writer-producer and does the school chauffeuring for their three children, so he knows whereof he speaks regarding Plus Ones. He lives in Los Angeles.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on May 14, 2015

Great first chapter, hooked me right away. But the rest of the book? Disappointing. Noxon's main character, Alex, is a stay-at-home Dad; his wife Figgy is a successful TV writer/creator/producer who brings home the bacon. While Alex's decision to mind the fort is admirable, he is simply too… well… p......more

Goodreads review by Charlene on February 19, 2015

4.0 out of 5 stars Plus One for Laughs and Tenderness, February 19, 2015 By Charlene Diane Jones This review is from: Plus One (Hardcover) Funny is tough and Noxon pulls it off with aplomb. From the first laugh out loud incident concerning a Hollywood Awards Gala, a stranger and duck tape, to the scen......more

Goodreads review by Darlene on March 05, 2016

Although this in not the type book I am generally drawn to, after meeting the delightful author and learning the back story, I downloaded his audio book and was not disappointed. As the husband of a very successful TV writer, his tale of being the +1 provided an amusing story. His candor and humor k......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 29, 2019

Not even really worth a review. I wouldn't have finished it except I was on a road trip and had nothing else to listen too. So much whinging, and marital secrets, and jocking for who get the pity party. Seemed like an unhealthy marriage and kind of a toxic relationship. Not a recommend read.......more

Goodreads review by Naomi on January 04, 2016

I devoured this novel. Witty, hilarious, and keen observations, I loved this book from beginning to end. The pacing was excellent, the characters full of complexity, foibles and loveable traits, and the world beguiling, there is not one negative thing I could write about it. Read this book!......more

Quotes

“Behind every great man there’s a great woman…and in Noxon’s telling, behind every great woman there’s a charming, deeply conflicted guy (sometimes holding a very expensive handbag). Hilarious and unflinching, Plus One is a funny, sharply observed, heartbreaking look at love, power, and happily-ever-after in Hollywood.” Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Best Friends Forever

“Well observed, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny, Plus One tells a story from the inside of show business about being on the outside.” Matthew Weiner, creator of Mad Men

“This comic debut novel by Los Angeles–based journalist Noxon revolves around a Hollywood self-identified misfit family…This fresh male take on modern relationships is too smart, focused, and funny to pass up.” Library Journal

“In the LA entertainment world, Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a plus one. The Emmy ceremony invitation is addressed to his wife, Figgy, creator and writer of the cable show Tricks, about a housewife running a prostitution ring out of a scrapbooking shop, and the invitation notes, ‘plus one’…Debuting novelist Noxon, himself a plus one to a top TV writer-producer, pens a brisk romp that’s sometimes laugh-out-loud funny as it deals with the serious issues of roles and communication in a marriage. And just picture this on the big screen, with Jason Bateman as the lead.” Booklist

“A funny, sharply observed novel about a guy with a first-world problem—a wife who’s a hugely successful TV writer and producer—and the identity crisis that goes along with it. Christopher Noxon has reimagined the Hollywood novel from a whole new perspective.” Tom Perrotta, author of Election

“Hilarious and whip-smart, with a big beating heart at its center. I love this book, and so will you.” Dana Reinhardt, author of We Are the Goldens and Odessa Again