![]() ![]() Maisie and Grant take Patrick’s snark, zingers and pop culture-laden wit literally, repeatedly reminding their uncle that they don’t understand what he’s talking about. (GUP: Gay Uncle Patrick, soon amended to “Guncle.”) Rowley spins Grant’s first terrified encounter with Patrick’s fancy Japanese toilet into a lovely, funny scene, and such comic misunderstandings pepper the novel. Patrick’s not quite equipped to parent the bereft 9-year-old Maisie and 6-year-old Grant, who in turn are mystified by their GUP’s life. ![]() Patrick resists, finding the notion preposterous, but after a surprising moment of connection, he and his niece and nephew agree on the visit.ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: Summer reading 2021: 9 books to soak in this season At the funeral, Greg reveals his addiction to painkillers and asks if Patrick will take his kids for the summer while Greg goes to rehab. Sara was Patrick’s best friend in college before she married his brother, Greg. Now he has exiled himself to Palm Springs, California, seeing no one.īut then Patrick’s sister-in-law, Sara, dies after being ill for three years. ![]() ![]() Only a few years ago, he was a sitcom star with his own catchphrase who was recognized wherever he went. At the beginning of Steven Rowley’s third novel, The Guncle, Patrick O’Hara’s life is a little too quiet. ![]()
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