What's Wrong With Dorfman?

Heralded by the Wall Street Journal as "a funny and surprisingly moving story written at the intersection of shtick and angst," and winner of the 2015 International Book Award for Literary Fiction, "What's Wrong With Dorfman" is both a medical mystery and a family saga. Martin Dorfman -- cynic, hypochondriac, burned-out screenwriter and son of a germaphobic doctor -- is in the midst of navigating his latest film script through Hollywood Development Hell when he wakes up one morning with a mysterious disease. His father, who is also a hypochondriac, concludes it is cancer, but Martin's doctors tell him that he is in perfect health. Yet Martin is convinced he is dying and sets out on an odyssey to find a diagnosis. "What's Wrong With Dorfman?" follows the title character as he encounters his innermost demons, confronts his past and takes up with the beguiling Delilah Foster, a fellow sufferer. Will Dorfman find a cure? Will his movie get made? Will he run away with Delilah? And most importantly, what indeed is wrong with him? More than just the plight of one man, "What's Wrong with Dorfman?" reflects the angst of modern society and asks the question, "Aren't we all a little nuts?"