A novel about a family even more dysfunctional than the one you grew up in.   <p><br></p><p><i>Will’s Surreal Period</i> is a richly satisfying tale—at times laugh-out-loud hilarious and at times deeply moving—that features a rollickingly dysfunctional family, a seemingly endless array of succulent foodstuffs, and a brain tumor that transforms a mediocre painter into a virtuoso. Now toss in a smidgen of BDSM and a few beguiling tidbits exploring brain chemistry and human evolution, and you have a story that will hook you fast and captivate you till the end.   </p><p>“<i>Will’s Surreal Period</i><span> proves why works of fiction are high art. . . . Robert Steven Goldstein deftly converts our raw human foibles into emotive entertainment and, as he does, reminds us, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously, who we are.” </span><br></p><p><b>—MICHAEL J. COFFINO, award-winning author of<i> Truth Is