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Zeroville

By Steve Erickson

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| Paperback | 9781933372396

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"Erickson is as unique and vital and pure a voice as American fiction has produced."-Jonathan Lethem

A film-obsessed ex-seminarian with images of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift tattooed on his head arrives on Hollywood Boulevard in 1969. Vikar Jerome enters the vortex of a culturaContinue

"Erickson is as unique and vital and pure a voice as American fiction has produced."-Jonathan Lethem

A film-obsessed ex-seminarian with images of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift tattooed on his head arrives on Hollywood Boulevard in 1969. Vikar Jerome enters the vortex of a cultural transformation: rock and roll, sex, drugs, and-most important to him-the decline of the movie studios and the rise of independent directors. Jerome becomes a film editor of astonishing vision. Through encounters with former starlets, burglars, political guerrillas, punk musicians, and veteran filmmakers, he discovers the secret that lies in every movie ever made.

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    Ahh, the lure of the madman — the harrowed, sinewy figure with glowing eyes who approaches out of the shadows, burning to communicate his incommunicable truth. Think of Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” with his wild stare and lurking ax: “Heeeeeere’s ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

  • Zeroville

    Review-a-Day Saturday, December 29th, 2007 Voice your opinion about this review by posting a comment on the Powells.com blog Zeroville by Steve Erickson In the Wink of an Eye A review by Gerry Donaghy Vikar Jerome, the protagonist of Steve Erickson's ... (read full critics)

    powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 380 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1933372397
  • ISBN-13: 9781933372396
  • Publisher: Europa Editions
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 2007
  • In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani
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