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 Details
Author: Anthony Mora
Publisher: 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: 9781684333523
ISBN 10: 1684333520
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 14 November 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""Think 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
Think 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.
