In 'All This Could Be Yours,' A Day In The Death Of A Toxic Narcissist
In her new novel, Jami Attenberg dives deep into the dark heart of one family over the course of one long day, as their abusive, angry patriarch lies dying in the hospital after a heart attack.
by Heller McAlpin
Oct 23, 2019
3 minutes
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With her sixth novel, Jami Attenberg, best known for The Middlesteins (2004), secures her place as an oddly sparkling master of warped family sagas. All This Could Be Yours, mostly set on a single, stifling August day in New Orleans following the heart attack of 73-year-old Victor Tuchman, is an autopsy of the considerable, lasting damage this toxic man has inflicted on his family.
Why should we be interested in reading about such an unequivocally bad person? For starters, because Attenberg's writing —
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