Polystyrene magnate Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from the driveway of his Middle Rock, Long Island estate one morning in 1980. After a very tense week in captivity, he is returned upon the payment of $250,000 ransom, but he is much the worse for wear. Nervous and panicky in the aftermath of his ordeal, Carl retreats from the world and is never the same man again. The kidnapping also severely impacts his wife Ruth, and their three children, Bernard (nicknamed Beamer), Nathan, and third sibling Jenny, […]

I know that Fleishman Is In Trouble is mostly set from the primary male character’s point of view to demonstrate that he’s a jackass. He doesn’t see it, because he’s not terribly self aware, but we’re in his head so we do. It’s kind of like when we start getting Cersei Lannister POV chapters. Toby Fleishman doesn’t realize it, but he’s a dick. And I appreciate that. I enjoy the Cersei chapters precisely because we get to see from her perspective how she doesn’t see she’s […]