“The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl succeeds wonderfully—triumphantly—as both a comic skewering of the suburban dream-cum-chimera and a poignant drama about one woman’s descent into self-estrangement (where mirrors used properly can fix everything). It’s hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure, a work that understands why the agents of hope and despair are the same, and why, therefore, we are a troubled, hopeful animal. It is, in short, a brilliant novel.” So says Josh Emmons, author of Prescription for a Superior Existence, about Marc Schuster‘s debut, now out from PS Books.
Marc reviews books from small and independent presses on Small Press Reviews. He has posted an excerpt from The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl on Fictionaut.
If you weren’t a writer, how would you spend your time?
Napping.
Which book do you wish you’d written?
Underworld by Don DeLillo.
What are the websites you couldn’t live without?
Wikipedia, which is odd, because I always tell my students to try to avoid relying too heavily on Wikipedia. But it’s just so endlessly fascinating!
What are you working on now?
A 21st-century retelling of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. More or less.
Do you listen to music while you write? What?
Actually, I prefer silence while I’m writing, but I also like to listen to specific types of music whenever I take a break from writing. I like jazz, especially Miles Davis. I’m also a fan of electronic music, bands like Depeche Mode and New Order. Elvis Costello is another favorite of mine, and I like Joy Division, too. Anything angry and disaffected.
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