Adam Wilson’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Fail Sons

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Adam Wilson’s Fail Sons is one of the year’s funniest and heartfelt novels, the brotherly road trip story (accompanied by their cryonically-preserved (and thawing) father you didn’t know you have to read. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “Wilson hits all the right notes in this dynamic dark comedy about grief and hope. Readers will enjoy the ride.” In his own words, here is Adam Wilson’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Fail Sons: Scott Platt, the narrator of Fail Sons, is an unemployed forty-year-old Brooklynite who spent fifteen years editing the culture section at a glossy magazine before the decline of print journalism ended his career. In other words, he’s a man…