Does he fix the flow of history, bringing his utopian universe back into existence, or does he try to forge a new life in our messy, unpredictable reality? Tom’s search for the answer takes him across countries, continents, and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future-our future-is supposed to be. In 2015, Mastai secured a 1.25 million deal for his debut novel, All Our Wrong Todays. For Tom, our normal reality seems like a dystopian wasteland.īut when he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and-maybe, just maybe-his soul mate, Tom has a decision to make. In a time-travel mishap, Tom finds himself stranded in our 2016, what we think of as the real world. Blindsided and heartbroken by an accident of fate, Tom makes a rash decision that drastically changes not only his own life but the very fabric of the universe itself. Early on, the variations aren’t that signif icant. Nearly every object of art and entertainment is different in this world. because it wasn’t necessary.Įxcept Tom Barren just can’t seem to find his place in this dazzling, idealistic world, and that’s before his life gets turned upside-down. Excerpt from All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai 6. Its 2016, and in Tom Barrens world, technology has solved all of humanitys problems theres no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes.

In 2016, humanity thrives in a techno-utopian paradise of flying cars, moving sidewalks, and moon bases, where avocados never go bad and punk rock never existed. Elan Mastais acclaimed debut novel is a story of friendship and family, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths, and of love in its multitude of forms. In 2021, Elan was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the hit TV series 'This Is Us', where he's a writer and co-executive producer. It's been translated into 24 languages and is currently being adapted into a TV series by Universal and Peacock.

You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we’d have? All Our Wrong Todays is Elan's award-winning first novel.