Summary
An enchanting coming-of-age novel set in 1930s Manhattan and its film industry - now also a major motion picture.
Richard is a 17-year-old kid from New Jersey with the gift of the gab and an eye for the ladies. He’s bored with school and dreams of making it big in the dazzling world of 1930s Manhattan. Miraculously, he bumps into Orson Welles outside the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre a week before Welles’ history-making production of Julius Caesar, and is hired on the spot for …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099531807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099531801 |
| Author: | Robert Kaplow |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 18mm |
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Me and Orson Welles is a charming novel. Its vivid optimism and deep interest in the fledgling stages of love and fame captivate and cheer. So enjoyable and reviving a book should be rationed and savoured over many days – Susie Boyt * Independent *Charming romantic ficiton – Simon Callow * The Times *One of the best depictions of male adolescent yearning ever to hit the page * Kirkus Reviews *Sleekly groomed, diverting, unpretentious…Orson Welles bestrides this narrative like a colossus…you feel the horror of a gifted artist metastasizing into that most twisted and unnatural of beings: a Star * Washington Post *Bright, enthusiastic…entertaining * Publishers Weekly *Inventive…in the span of 269 breezy pages, [Richard] falls in love, has his heart broken, sees his showbiz dreams crushed, and–beautifully, almost imperceptibly–becomes a man * Entertainment Weekly *
About The Author
Robert Kaplow
Robert Kaplow is a teacher and writer who for over fifteen years has written satirical songs and sketches for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, where he created ‘Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters.’ His acclaimed young adult novels include Alessandra in Love and Alex Icicle- A Romance in Ten Torrid Chapters. He is also the other author of two literary satires- The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun and Who’s Killing the Great Writers of America?
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