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A Regular Guy

By Simpson, Mona
A Regular Guy
Tom Owens is a brilliant barefoot entrepreneur--a man who is wildly generous with strangers even as he resists any deeper claim on his affection. Into Owen's charmed life comes a ten-year-old girl whose claims he cannot ignore: his illegitimate daughter, Jane. As this raggedy, preternaturally observant girl seeks a place within Owen's circle of lovers and retainers. "A Regular Guy" depicts the miraculous chemistry that transforms longing into belonging and an arrogant boy-man into a father.

Details

Authors: Simpson, Mona
Copyright: 1996
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780679772712
ISBN10: 0679772715
Page Count: 384
Dimensions: 5.55x1.04x8.58
Publisher: Vintage
Jacket Notes: Mona Simpson's first two novels, "Anywhere But Here and "The Lost Father, won her literary renown and a wide following. Now, in her third novel, the narrator Ann Atassi has been replaced by a third-person narrator recounting the adventures of young Jane di Natali, but the theme remains the same: the search for, and the attempt to understand, the absent father.
This time the father is a millionaire biotechnology magnate named Tom Owens. Into Owens's charmed life comes Jane, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it; Tom is far from ready for this responsibility. Fans of Simpson's previous novels will not be disappointed by this excursion into the cracked world of family relations.
"Simpson is an attentive observer and a fluent stylist, but it is the element of subtle surprise that draws us through these pages, the magnetism of an original mind that holds us fast."
--"Booklist

Strand Notes

A modern master of the surreal family drama, Mona Simpson trains her eye on a generation – and a man – torn between idealism and self-absorption. Tom Owens is a brilliant barefoot entrepreneur who has become rich and famous by inventing a new kind of business – a man who is fond of showering his largesse on friends and perfect strangers even as he resists any deeper claims on his affection. Into his charmed life comes a ten-year-old girl whose claims he cannot ignore: Jane is his daughter, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it. Simpson depicts the miraculous chemistry that transforms longing into belonging, an uneasy menage into a family, and an arrogant boy-man into a father. 372p.

Description

Mona Simpson's first two novels, Anywhere But Here and The Lost Father, won her literary renown and a wide following. Now, in her third novel, the narrator Ann Atassi has been replaced by a third-person narrator recounting the adventures of young Jane di Natali, but the theme remains the same: the search for, and the attempt to understand, the absent father.

This time the father is a millionaire biotechnology magnate named Tom Owens. Into Owens's charmed life comes Jane, born out of wedlock, raised in communes, and now dispatched into his care by a mother who is no longer capable of providing it; Tom is far from ready for this responsibility. Fans of Simpson's previous novels will not be disappointed by this excursion into the cracked world of family relations.

"Simpson is an attentive observer and a fluent stylist, but it is the element of subtle surprise that draws us through these pages, the magnetism of an original mind that holds us fast."
--Booklist

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