Perfect Little World (Paperback)

Like an animated Edward Gorey cartoon, with a more realistic contemporary setting and a warmer, lighter touch ... Wilson pulls off his sweet-and-tart tone with a soupcon of unexpected spice. - Washington Post

The author of The Family Fang invents another unusual family structure for his sweet and thoroughly satisfying second novel… - Publisher's Weekly

The sheer energy of imagination in Wilson’s work makes other writers of realistic fiction look lazy. - Newsday

A moving and sincere reflection on what it truly means to become a family. - Kirkus

Stellar . . . Compelling . . . Realer and wiser and sadder and eventually reassuring about human nature than dozens of other novels. - Booklist

Wilson resisted sensationalism and apocalyptic tropes. Instead, he’s written something quite genuine and powerful. Unexpectedly, I was moved. - Longreads

Persistently compassionate. . . . Wilson’s best moments are funny and earnest . . . crisp language and smart plotting make Perfect Little World immensely likable and absolutely enjoyable. - GQ

Quirky. . .Wilson’s Perfect Little World finds its bliss in the vast disconnect between people’s best intentions and where they land. - Entertainment Weekly

A rumination on families—what they can look like, why we need them and how they should be defined. Family is far more than a biological bond . . . Wilson has found a lovely new way of telling readers something they know by heart. - Houston Chronicles

Wilson’s intriguing, dystopian world leaves us with one moral that rings true for all families: whether created or born into – they are never perfect, but they are everything. - The National Post