Bucky F*cking Dent
8 hrs. 42 min.
Description
A living, deeply human book by actor, director, producer, and writer David Duchovny—anovel about the elusive connection between children and parents, about beauty that fades quickly, and about music, sports, literature. This book is about everything truly real that peeks out from under plastic, advertising lights, and pop culture. And also about what it means to call something a victory and success in one particular human life—whose recognition matters, what makes sense to remember, and what is worth cherishing.
Ted Spoilsamely, nicknamed Mr. Peanut, looks nothing like other League of Ivy graduates. He lives in a tiny apartment with a pet electric fish, Goldfarb, sleeps amid his own scribblings—postmodern claims about literature—and hopes that one day he will manage to write the great American novel. Ted, like any person, had parents. "Had"—because his mother died, and his father… with his father, Ted’s relationship is such that it would have been better not to have any at all. But one day, when he learns that his father is dying of lung cancer, Ted moves into the family home— and his life becomes flooded with events and revelations a hundredfold. His father has only a few months left, and his condition worsens every time his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, loses again. And they’ve been losing year after year for years. Ted puts on a personal theatre for his father—staging the moment his beloved team breaks out of a deep, hopeless slump—and at the same time helps him beautifully bring closure to the story of his difficult life.
Ted Spoilsamely, nicknamed Mr. Peanut, looks nothing like other League of Ivy graduates. He lives in a tiny apartment with a pet electric fish, Goldfarb, sleeps amid his own scribblings—postmodern claims about literature—and hopes that one day he will manage to write the great American novel. Ted, like any person, had parents. "Had"—because his mother died, and his father… with his father, Ted’s relationship is such that it would have been better not to have any at all. But one day, when he learns that his father is dying of lung cancer, Ted moves into the family home— and his life becomes flooded with events and revelations a hundredfold. His father has only a few months left, and his condition worsens every time his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, loses again. And they’ve been losing year after year for years. Ted puts on a personal theatre for his father—staging the moment his beloved team breaks out of a deep, hopeless slump—and at the same time helps him beautifully bring closure to the story of his difficult life.
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