Jonathan Tropper's The Book of Joe
I was distracted for the first chunk of this book wondering if that crappy tv show October Road is based on it, as it's about a writer in New York who wrote a totally autobiographical novel about his high school experience, and returns to his small hometown in Connecticut when his father has a stroke, and has to contend with all the locals who hate him, not to mention his high school sweetheart. Eventually I got caught up in the story--though the protagonist is an admitted asshole (albeit justifiably troubled), his high school friends and his rebellious nephew are compelling characters. A-.
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