Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love

by Zack McDermott

Book Overview

"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316315141
• ISBN13: 9780316315142
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"