Model Home (Scribner) The Los Angeles launch of this first novel from Eric Puchner, the acclaimed author of the short story collection Music Through the Floor. "Puchner is such a tremendously skilled writer, you barely notice how deftly he slips between points of view, how he creates characters that are so real their yearnings and failures become your own. This is a heartbreaking yet consistently funny novel that wraps its arms around all the beauty and tragedy of the unfulfilled American dream." -- Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries Eric Puchner is an assistant professor of English at Claremont McKenna College. His award-winning short stories have appeared in numerous prominent journals and anthologies. He lives in Los Angeles.