Dean Bakopoulos (born 1975 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan) is an American writer.
He is also a faculty member in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.
It is narrated by the young Mikey, a would-be writer, whose father feels the same desire to leave.
The New York Times said it "deftly weld[ed] magic realism with social satire".
Bruce Thierry Cheung directed the film version, which was co-written by Bakopoulos.