Patrick Somerville: Spokesman for all men?

With stories on puberty, first love, and fatherhood, it’s easy to see how one might think that Patrick Somerville’s TROUBLE is an ode to the condition of the modern American male. But what does dear Patrick think of all this? 

Check out this feature on him from The Chicago Reader :

Men and Their Mishaps

Patrick Somerville makes his debut with a collection about masculinity and control

By Martha Bayne
November 3, 2006

“I NEVER HAD a huge accident that put me in the hospital,” says Patrick Somerville. “But I feel like I got hurt so many times when I was a kid—minor to midlevel injuries like breaking my arm, breaking my arm another time, broken fingers. I fell off my bike all the time, and I crashed on skis a bunch too. I had this weirdly violent childhood.” (more. . .)