The Reeds

“Basu creates a picture of a happy nuclear family run amok. Life-changing events engulf each person, testing their familial bonds. Andrew Shaver delivers an empathetic reading, creating distinct voices for each character. VERDICT: Listeners will enjoy Basu’s story of one family’s evolution.” — Library Journal, audiobook review“The Reeds is sharp, wildly hilarious, touching, and profound. I sank into the thick shag of the characters — their isolation and anxieties, their moments that made me wince — and I never wanted to leave. Maybe art can’t be perfect, but Arjun Basu comes as close as it gets.” — Chris Harding Thornton, author of Pickard County Atlas“Such a generous, big-hearted book. ‘The world is a wondrous and just place,’ Basu writes — so rare to read a portrait of a contemporary family that is this grown-up, attentive, and full of love, as if Ted Lasso went back to school for a PhD in American lit.” — Sean Michaels, Giller Prize–winning author of Us Conductors and Do You Remember Being Born?“The Reeds is ambitious, intimate, and wise, a surprisingly beautiful and ultimately optimistic story about deeply flawed, authentic humans. Arjun Basu is one of the very best writers working today.” — Timothy Taylor, author of Stanley Park and The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf

Arjun Basu is the author of the Giller-longlisted Waiting for the Man (ECW Press). He loves bourbon and plays beer league hockey very poorly. A former magazine editor, he owns his own brand and content consultancy and is the host of The Full-Bleed, a podcast about the future of magazines. He lives with his wife in Montreal.

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