Idiopathy (?d??p??i): a disease or condition which arises spontaneously (hardbook)

This is a perfect book to read as we head into the holiday season. The characters are appallingly self-obsessed and it is slightly traumatizing to spend time with them. Byers is uproariously funny, and he nails the shifty, manic narrative voice of the supremely narcissistic. Read it, and then consider whether your own relationships are really as dysfunctional as you thought they were.—Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone , Soho intern:Idiopathyby Sam Byers