A novel about a family even more dysfunctional than the one you grew up in. Will's Surreal Period is a richly satisfying tale at times laugh-out-loud hilarious and at times deeply moving that features a rollickingly dysfunctional family, a seemingly endless array of succulent foodstuffs, and a brain tumor that transforms a mediocre painter into a virtuoso. Now toss in a smidgen of Bdsm and a few beguiling tidbits exploring brain chemistry and human evolution, and you have a story that will hook you fast and captivate you till the end. "Will's Surreal Period proves why works of fiction are high art. . . . Robert Steven Goldstein deftly converts our raw human foibles into emotive entertainment and, as he does, reminds us, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously, who we are. " - Michael J. Coffino, award-winning author of Truth Is in the House.