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.
Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan
family's friends, lovers, and adversaries, "Double Feature "is
about letting go of everything--regret, resentment, dignity, moving
pictures, the dead--and taking it again from the top. Against the
backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary
Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen King's epic debut novel
combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a
deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of
relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.
General
| Imprint: |
Scribner Book Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2014 |
| First published: |
June 2014 |
| Authors: |
Owen King
|
| Dimensions: |
207 x 135 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
448 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4516-7690-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4516-7690-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781451676907 |
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