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Overview"""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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony MoraPublisher: Black Rose Writing Imprint: Black Rose Writing Edition: First Printing ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9781684333523ISBN 10: 1684333520 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 14 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThink Lolita meets Holden Caulfield. --The Huffington Post A blend of Nabokov and Bret Easton Ellis... Arresting... a refreshing unpredictability of what will happen from one moment to next. --L.A. Weekly Drawing upon his background as a rock-music journalist... Anthony Mora offers a world-premiere glimpse behind the scenes... engaging. --Backstage A dramedy with passion, revelation and surprise. --Los Angeles Journal [Anthony's] characters grapple with the realities of a timeless yet somehow post-apocalyptic Southern California, complete with cults, gurus, guns, human frailty and the dangers inherent in connection. --Entertainment Today It hits the mark. --Preview West Reminiscent [of] David Mamet or Harold Pinter. --Metro L.A. Poised to place his indelible stamp on Los Angeles... Mora joins a canon which includes Fante and Chandler --In Hollywood Magazine Author Information"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." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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