About the Author

Andrew Kaufman was born in the town of Wingham Ontario, Canada. This is the same town Alice Munroe was born in, making him the second best writer from a town of 3,000. Descending from a long line of librarians and accountants, his first published work was All My Friends Are Superheroes, which has been translated into Italian, French, Norwegian, German, Korean, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish and Turkish. His other works include The Waterpoof Bible (Telegram), The Tiny Wife, and Born Weird. He is also a film-maker, radio producer and a regular contributor to the McSweeney's website.

Reviews

'A quirky, tender, fantastical page-turner' The Globe and Mail; 'Kaufman is in total control of his universe. He does not put quotation marks on either the realistic or fantastic, and the transition between the two states is always smooth.' Brian Joseph David, Eye Weekly; 'Elegantly written literary novel, packed with plot ... How it plays out, as opposed to what it may finally mean, is Kaufman's chief achievement, as [is] his fluid technique in crosscutting the strands of the novel into its many resolutions.' Winnipeg Free Press; 'Those who enjoyed All My Friends Are Superheroes ... should be similarly taken with his sophomore effort, The Waterproof Bible, which retains the romance, humour and inventive allegory of the earlier book.' Quill & Quire