Murphy's Bed is a novel that tells the funny, bawdy coming-of-age story of Bobby Murphy, a modern teen who finds himself growing up gay in an upper-middle class religious Catholic family. The book combines themes found in Portnoy's Complaint, Catcher in the Rye and A Prayer for Owen Meany in a humorous and ultimately deeply moving tale. The reader will be both entertained and emotionally moved by a story that contains laugh-out-loud sexual antics, universal issues of family conflict, and religious elements that will touch the heart and soul. While Murphy's Bed is fast-paced and outrageously funny, the overall impact is powerful and profound, with an ending that will leave the reader caught between laughter and tears.