Double feature a novel
Sam Dolan is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolan -- a boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Al...
| Main Author: | King, Owen. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Scribner,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st Scribner hardcover ed. |
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| Summary: |
Sam Dolan is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolan -- a boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sam's dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sam's eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who can't stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster--From publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 419 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781451676891 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1451676891 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781451676907 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1451676905 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) |
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