An original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics
professor Larry Gopnik can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother
won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is
tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and
their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality.
An original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man’s quest to become a serious man. Physics
professor Larry Gopnik can’t believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend, his unemployed brother
won’t move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery and his neighbor is
tormenting him by sunbathing nude. Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and
their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality. (less)
