Will's Surreal Period

“Cat’s Whisker is a fascinating novel whose hero meditates on the complementary natures of science and spirituality.”

 - ★★★★ Review from Foreword Reviews

“Growing up, Robert realized that his spirituality and sexuality were not consistent with the models that are formed by others. Those views did not resonate with him. Robert felt a hollowness and emptiness. He moved and fortunately found kindred spirits. This enabled him to have a fulfilled experience and a spiritual illumination.”

 -Interview with Robert Steven Goldstein on Stories that Empower Podcast

“Books have always seemed sacred to me. As a child, I recall seeing books as things to be revered—they held and transmitted the learnings and perspectives of our culture.”

-Novels Alive, Interview: With Provocative Author Robert Steven Goldstein

“At times hilarious and at times deeply moving, Will’s Surreal Period is a richly satisfying novel, featuring a rollickingly dysfunctional family, a seemingly endless array of succulent foodstuffs, and a brain tumor that transforms a mediocre painter into a virtuoso. The book’s characters are alluring, its ideas are seductive, and its plot is irresistible—this is a story that will hook you fast and captivate you till the end.”

–KEN JAKOBS, librettist, director, and producer of opera in the San Francisco Bay Area

“Will’s Surreal Period proves why works of fiction are high art, hitching us to a wild ride with an ensemble of engaging and eccentric characters brought together by a maladjusted family—some we may love and others we may scorn—but all seductively propel us into their psyches. Robert Steven Goldstein deftly converts our raw human foibles into emotive entertainment and, as he does, reminds us, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously, who we are.”

–MICHAEL J. COFFINO, award winning author of Truth Is in the House.