PARNUCKLIAN FOR CHOCOLATE

PARNUCKLIAN FOR CHOCOLATE is B.H. James's first novel. It is a dark comedy about Josiah, a young teen who has spent his whole life being told he is special. James's novel examines the tall tales that exist in all families, and what happens when we lose control of them. Josiah was raised by an overwhelmed and overwrought mother who told him his father was from the planet Parnuckle. It seemed like a good idea at the time. His origin mythology is a web of 1980's pop culture references and a mad desire to make a mistake mean something. It is a novel that examines what happens when we start to see how crazy our parents are, and how crazy we were to ever believe them. It is a novel that shows us how grown up kids have to be, and what freaks we all are.