Everyone I know will enjoy this book.

My good friend, past and future collaborator, and fellow ex-Austinite, Neal Pollack, has just had his fourth book published!  Alternadad is a giant leap in a new direction for Neal - still funny, but now with gravitas, humility and a bit less over the top.   The book is about trying to stay hip while starting a family, and follows Neal's flailing attempts at punk rockstardom just weeks before his son's birth, through the unpleasant and reasonably high profile death of his "Neal Pollack" literary creation, and through all the various hoops he had to jump through in order to maintain the pot smoking, rock and roll listening lifestyle that he has become accustomed to.

A must read for fans of Neal's, new parents, old parents, people who care about the McSweeney's literati scene, people who care about what its like to be a professional writer, and people who might get a kick out of vague references to my nefarious sexual past.  That's right, Neal's wacky younger friend Ben Brown makes a few appearances.   Also: people who like to laugh. 

For lit nerds of the first class, be sure to check out John Hodgeman's review of the book on Amazon, which says what I said above but in better English:

This is a story that documents a new kind of hipster parental mood in some respects, but it is really a much simpler story about a man who loves his wife and son. Neal's ability to say just that puts paid to any rumor that he was ever merely a 90's era irony-drenched ha ha man, and makes ALTERNADAD the best third-book debut I've ever read.