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Flatscreen : a novel / Adam Wilson.

Van Pelt Library PS3623 .D36 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilson, Adam (Adam Zachary), 1982-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Losers--Fiction.
Losers.
Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.
Loss (Psychology).
People with paraplegia.
Television actors and actresses--Fiction.
Television actors and actresses.
People with paraplegia--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Friendship.
Genre:
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Physical Description:
330 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Flat screen
Place of Publication:
New York : Harper Perennial, [2012]
Summary:
"Flatscreen tells the story of Eli Schwartz as he endures the loss of his home, the indifference of his parents, the success of his older brother, and the cruel and frequent dismissal of the opposite sex. He is a loser par excellence-- pasty, soft, and high-- who struggles to become a new person in a world where nothing is new. Into this scene of apathy rolls Seymour J. Kahn. Former star of the small screen and current paraplegic sex addict, Kahn has purchased Eli's old family home. The two begin a dangerous friendship, one that distracts from their circumstances but speeds their descent into utter debasement and, inevitably, YouTube stardom. By story's end, through unlikely acts of courage and kindness, roles will be reversed, reputations resurrected, and charges (hopefully) dropped" -- p. [4] of cover.
ISBN:
9780062090331
006209033X
OCLC:
730414111

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