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"Think Lolita meets Holden Caulfield." -The Huffington Post
"Drawing upon his background as a rock-music journalist... Anthony Mora offers a world-premiere glimpse behind the scenes... engaging." -Backstage
Virtual Velocity is the story of the curious creation of pop phenomena, Jake Jenkins, America's most renowned and successful literary novelist. Spanning six decades, through three interconnected stories, Virtual Velocity follows Jake from a sixteen-year-old learning about literature and women, to frenetic rock journalist, to struggling literary novelist, to world-famous author. Journeying through LA's rock and literary worlds, it is also an homage to the city, tracking its internal and external changing landscape and its cultural shape shifting.
Virtual Velocity explores the complicated and often mystifying intersection between fame and art.
About the author
Anthony Mora's works have been compared to Fante, Pinter and Salinger. A novelist and a playwright, his first novel was BANG! A Love Story. Linda Cardellini starred in the original play adaptation of "BANG!" In Los Angeles and New York. Anthony served as the playwright-in-residence at The Sidewalk Studio Theatre. He has had five play produced including "POP," "Modern Love," and "Silencing Silas." Virtual Velocity is his second novel.
