Debut from Author Porochista Khakpour

It's always nice to find an author just at the start of their career.

This book, Sons and Other Flammable Objects by Porochista Khakpour is the debut novel from a writer we should all hope to hear more from.

The story, which mostly follows a boy named Xerces as he forges through childhood and adulthood with his comical and hardheaded Persian father Darius.

Insightfully funny, Khakpour tangles her characters inside American culture exposing its tragic and endless misunderstandings. That skill reminds me of the contagious William Saroyan.