Overview

Just how well can you ever truly know somebody?Casper Gray is a self-effacing thirty-year-old living a comfortable life in the idyll of middle-class suburbia. He and his beautiful wife, Jane, have been married for seven years, and are trying to have a baby. They own a cute little dog, Wallace. Casper's respected in his job as a high school English teacher. And he's liked in the neighborhood - well, mostly. But one simple discovery threatens to unravel it all. In a week where everything begins to fray, Casper must finally take ownership of his life, reconcile the present, and find a way forward. Full of wit, pathos, and drama, Just Another Week in Suburbia explores how the littlest things in everyday life can trigger the most tumultuous journeys of panic, self-examination, and chaos.

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""Zig's unsettling work peels back the white, middle class veneer so many of us recognize from suburban life ... compelling us to reflect on the hidden lives of those around us."" - Andrew Pople 2SER / Tuesday Book Club ""[Zig] has written this fabulous deliciously naughty book called Just Another Week in Suburbia ... with such humor and with such grace with such powers of beauty and observation that I really, really enjoyed it .... He does it so well."" - Rob Minshull ABC Radio Brisbane ""Just Another Week in Suburbia is a hugely enjoyable novel which illuminates the extraordinary in the everyday, and the quirky in the quotidian."" - Ryan O'Neill Their Brilliant Careers (Black Inc 2016) ""A stunningly polished psychological debut ruminating on issues of doubt, dissatisfaction, and temptation in even the most seemingly secure relationships. Just Another Week in Suburbia tells the intricate story of love's instability, the volatile nature of trust, and asks whether we can ever truly know another person. Zig masterfully delves into the fears and fixations within us all, showing how one small event can unhinge the human psyche."" - NetGalley Roundup ""[Zig] has taken the somewhat monotonous elements of suburban life, the mistrust and fear which can develop between partners as well as the pressure of all those things left unsaid in a relationship and has packaged them up in one complex, tightly-laced character who we see unravel under the weight of his own psyche. It's a lot to go through and process in 300 odd pages, but it's an enjoyable read that will draw you in with its wit, and keep you there as the drama builds."" - Jenna Woods GLAM Adelaide ""... a must read ... a powerful novel that bristles with intelligence, and black humor ... a dark, gritty read that explores the dark side of human nature ... an engrossing novel, and one that leaves a lasting impression."" - Slap Happy Fun Time ""... engaging ... honest and relatable. It was difficult to put down because the story was so compelling. I just had to know what happened next. At one point my heart was pounding, and I couldn't read fast enough ... captivating."" - Jordan Reads Too Much

Author Information

Les Zig is a novelist, screenwriter, and speaker.He has six published novels: Just Another Week in Suburbia (ECG Press 2025, although it was originally published by Pantera Press in 2017), explores the questions of trust, fidelity, and how well you can ever truly know another person; Any More Complicated Than That (ECG Press 2024) is a sexy but humorous polarization of the love triangle trope; Prudence (ECG Press 2023) delves into questions of fidelity, temptation, and our darkest desires and poses the question, who do you become when you face the worst part of yourself?; and August Falling (Pantera Press 2018) is a story about unconditional acceptance, reclaiming the past, and finding a way forward.As ""Lazaros Zigomanis"" (the name under which he was baptized), his YA novel, This, (MidnightSun Publishing 2023), tells the story of a 15-year-old dealing with burgeoning neurosis as he navigates social pressures, high school obligations, and his overbearing Greek parents. Kevin Brophy called it ""engrossing, authentic and important fiction"". Song of the Curlew (Pinion Press 2019) is about dreams, coming of age, community, love, and racism. It has been described by best-selling Young Adult author George Ivanoff as ""an extraordinary book"".Les has also written and directed short content: the short film, The Here Now (2023), about a woman who can't escape her grief; The Other Side of Paradise (2022), about a man trapped in his own vengeance; The Abnorms (2020), which was shot entirely in lockdown, and plays with idea of an interdimensional invasion from demonic entities; and the concept trailer for Little Diva Rising (2019).He's currently working on a horror feature, Heritage, in conjunction with Glamm Productions.He's had four screenplays optioned, and a raft of unproduced screenplays place as finalists in over one hundred international competitions. His stories and articles have also been published extensively.A lifetime writer, Les has a love of storytelling, and has always wanted to tell stories.

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