Mark Leyner is no stranger to weird, warped and hilarious storytelling. The latest work by the Esquire columnist and author of Et Tu, Babe is The Tetherballs of Bougainville, the wonderfully weird tale of 13-year-old Mark as he awaits his father’s death by lethal injection. As if that weren’t upsetting enough, he learns he has only one day in which to submit his entry for the Vincent and Lenore DiGiacomo/Oshimitsu Polymers America Award for the best screenplay written by a high school student. Part memoir, screenplay and movie review, The Tetherballs of Bougainville is a strangely poignant reminder of the eccentricities of the culture in which we live. | The Tetherballs Of Bougainville by Mark Leyner, Paperback | Indigo Chapters