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Zusatztext "Laid out in a surprisingly poignant mix of cynicism and innocence ! Wayne intertwines both Jonny and Jonathan's voices into a sublime plot! making it an unconventional coming-of-age story that digs beneath the glossy veneer of mainstream pop." Informationen zum Autor Teddy Wayne! the author of Loner ! The Love Song of Jonny Valentine ! and Kapitoil ! is the winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award and an NEA Fellowship as well as a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award! PEN/Bingham Prize! and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He writes regularly for The New Yorker ! The New York Times ! Vanity Fair ! McSweeney’s ! and elsewhere. He lives in New York. Klappentext For fans of "A Visit from the Goon Squad" and Joyce Carol Oates' "Blonde!" a scathing and un-put-downable new novel about America's monstrous obsession with fame! from the winner of a 2011 Whiting Writers' Award. Zusammenfassung When Whiting Writers’ Award winner Teddy Wayne published his critically acclaimed debut! Kapitoil ! it was hailed as “one of the best novels of [this] generation” by the Boston Globe and was shortlisted for a spate of national prizes. Jonathan Franzen wrote in The Daily Beast that “no other writer! as far as I know! has invented such a funny and compelling voice and story for [this type of character.]” Now! in The Love Song of Jonny Valentine ! Wayne turns his sharp wit! flawless narrative ventriloquism! and humane sensibility to our monstrous obsession with fame. Megastar Jonny Valentine! eleven-year-old icon of bubblegum pop! knows that the fans don’t love him for who he is. The talented singer’s image! voice! and even hairdo have been relentlessly packaged—by his L.A. label and his hard-partying manager-mother! Jane—into bite-size pabulum. But within the marketing machine! somewhere! Jonny is still a vulnerable little boy! perplexed by his budding sexuality and his heartthrob status! dependent on Jane! and endlessly searching for his absent father in Internet fan sites! lonely emails! and the crowds of faceless fans. Poignant! brilliant! and viciously funny! told through the eyes of one of the most unforgettable child narrators! this literary masterpiece explores with devastating insight and empathy the underbelly of success in 21st-century America. The Love Song of Jonny Valentine is a tour de force by a standout voice of his generation. ...
