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""A loving, deeply reported guide to the greatest cult show in television history. Twin Peaks obsessives, novices, and everyone in between will become consumed by Scott Meslow's dive into the wild history of David Lynch and Mark Frost's masterpiece."" --Andy Greene, Senior Writer for Rolling Stone and author of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s ""An essential re-examination of a moment in time when a singular artistic vision changed everything we thought we knew about TV and inspired countless storytellers in the process. Coffee and cherry pie for everyone.""--James Roday Rodriguez, actor, writer, and director ""A Place Both Wonderful and Strange delivers a full account of the life, death, and resurrection of one of the most influential television shows in history--Twin Peaks. Author Scott Meslow covers it all. Give yourself a present and read this book!"" --John Thorne, author of Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks ""Scott Meslow's dishy, insightful account of the making of Twin Peaks applies a sharp lens to the surreal blockbuster that rocked the television medium in the early 1990s, along with the two wild sequels that followed in its wake. Smartly reported and full of thoughtful analyses of the complex collaboration behind the franchise, as well as the show's many highs, lows and 'happy accidents, ' A Place Both Wonderful and Strange is the perfect book for anyone eager to unlock the mysteries of The Black Lodge and the people who built it.""--Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic and staff writer for The New Yorker

""An essential re-examination of a moment in time when a singular artistic vision changed everything we thought we knew about TV and inspired countless storytellers in the process. Coffee and cherry pie for everyone.""--James Roday Rodriguez, actor, writer, and director ""A Place Both Wonderful and Strange delivers a full account of the life, death, and resurrection of one of the most influential television shows in history--Twin Peaks. Author Scott Meslow covers it all. Give yourself a present and read this book!"" --John Thorne, author of Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks ""A loving, deeply reported guide to the greatest cult show in television history. Twin Peaks obsessives, novices, and everyone in between will become consumed by Scott Meslow's dive into the wild history of David Lynch's masterpiece."" --Andy Greene, Senior Writer for Rolling Stone and author of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s ""Scott Meslow's dishy, insightful account of the making of Twin Peaks applies a sharp lens to the surreal blockbuster that rocked the television medium in the early 1990s, along with the two wild sequels that followed in its wake. Smartly reported and full of thoughtful analyses of the complex collaboration behind the franchise, as well as the show's many highs, lows and 'happy accidents, ' A Place Both Wonderful and Strange is the perfect book for anyone eager to unlock the mysteries of The Black Lodge and the people who built it.""--Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic and staff writer for The New Yorker

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Scott Meslow is a Los Angeles Press Club-nominated film and television critic. He writes for publications including GQ, New York, and The Atlantic. His first book, From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy, was published in 2022.

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