Benjamin Kunkel’s brilliantly comic debut novel concerns one of the central maladies of our time–a pathological indecision that turns abundance into an affliction and opportunity into a curse

When the sun drops low in the sky

embrace commonsense eating and make our kitchen the heart of our home

and the intellectually stultifying climate of Lisbon

The Wind Plays Tricks Culture Benjamin Kunkel’s brilliantly comic debutThe wind swirls through the farmyard one dark night. It tears around the farmyard, over the meadows, past the pond. It blows so hard and so long that all the animals howl, too. And in the sunny morning, the animals learn that the wind has played tricks on them. Pig goes, Cluck! Little Chicks go, Neigh! Hens go, Moo! Horse goes Cock a Doodle Dooo! Cow goes Quack! And Roosterwell, Rooster goes, Cheep! Can the animals work together to find a solution and