![]() ![]() ![]() Frankie and Zeke are wholly original characters, their lives painful and true, and while this is a novel you can read in a single sitting, it is best devoured slowly, a treat for the heart and mind. This week, Wilson returns with his new fifth novel, Now Is Not the Time to Panic, the tender offbeat tale of two teen misfits who find a cure for their summer boredom by going viral if. “Now Is Not The Time to Panic” departs from the comic surrealism of Wilson’s previous novels like “Nothing to See Here” and “The Family Fang” in favor of a kind of sepia-toned realism that never ceases to entertain. And that would be enough to make “Now Is Not the Time to Panic” a compelling piece of work, but Wilson digs deeper, interspersing into the novel Frankie in her current life as a successful writer, wife and mother… who still harbors the secrets of that summer… and still lives on the edge, still finds herself a fugitive, leaving posters throughout her domestic life. Wilson wisely keeps the focus on the teens, letting the Sturm und Drang remain largely in the ether around them, a gnawing thing that begins to force the young couple – and their tight little world – apart. ![]()
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