Publisher's Synopsis
Master storyteller Daryl Gregory delivers a stunning, laugh-out-loud novel about a family of gifted dreamers and the invisible forces that bind us all.
The Telemachus family is known for its ability to perform inexplicable feats of magic: there's Teddy, family patriarch and charming con-man; his beautiful wife Maureen, with her piercing blue eyes and psychic mind; and their three children, Irene, Frankie, and Buddy, each with gifts of their own. Irene is the human lie detector, Frankie can move things with his mind, and Buddy, the youngest, can see into the future, and all together, they are The Amazing Telemachus Family. Travelling across the country, they showcase their abilities on talk shows and late-night television--until tragedy strikes during one of their performances, and they must retreat to Chicago in shame.
Decades later, The Amazing Telemachus Family is not so amazing, and facing a troika of problems: the mafia is after them for debts owed, an unrelenting skeptic is hell-bent on discrediting them, and the CIA is knocking on their doors looking to see if their magic has returned. And it has: Matty, Irene's son, has had his first out-of-body experience, but has told no one about his powers, even though his newfound talent might just be what his family needs to save themselves--if it doesn't tear them apart in the process. Can they put past obstacles behind them and unite to bring The Amazing Telemachus Family back to its amazing life?
