THE PRUMONT METHOD is a darkly funny story, capturing the wild last gasp of a family in retrograde against the backdrop of gun violence run amok in America. Staring down the barrel of a crumbling career and imploding marriage, “math hobbyist” Roger Prumont unwittingly creates a formula that might predict when and where the next mass shooting occurs. Except what if mass shootings are so ubiquitous now that his predictions are merely dumb luck? And what if he’s risking his own life to find out?
“A novel filled with gallows humor that’s representative of great creativity, The Prumont Method examines the phenomenon of gun massacres with pathos and profundity.”
—Foreword, starred review
“This book is funny, sad, and weird in all the best ways.”
—Tom McAllister, author of How to Be Safe
“Read this book for its sideways humor and straight-on truth-telling.”
—Karl Iagnemma, author of The Expeditions
“If Jenny Offill and Salinger had teamed up to write a novel about such a dark and rich premise, it would’ve been The Prumont Method.”
—Glenn Rockowitz, author of Rodeo in Joliet and Cotton Teeth
