The Spectators: A Novel,Used

The Spectators: A Novel,Used

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Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers
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A shocking crime triggers a media firestorm for a controversial talk show host in this provocative novela story of redemption, a nostalgic portrait of New York City, and a searing indictment of our culture of spectacle.One of the The New York Timess 10 Books to Watch for in April Jennifer duBois is a brilliant writer.Karen Russell, author of Vampires in the Lemon GroveTalk show host Matthew Miller has made his fame by shining a spotlight on the most unlikely and bizarre secrets of society, exposing them on live television in front of millions of gawking viewers. However, the man behind The Mattie M Show remains a mysteryboth to his enormous audience and to those who work alongside him every day. But when the high school students responsible for a mass shooting are found to be devoted fans, Mattie is thrust into the glare of public scrutiny, seen as the wry, detached herald of a culture going downhill and going way too far. Soon, the secrets of Matties past as a brilliant young politician in a crimeridden New York City begin to push their way to the surface.In her most daring and multidimensional novel yet, Jennifer duBois vividly portrays the heyday of gay liberation in the seventies and the grip of the AIDS crisis in the eighties, alongside a backstage view of nineties television in an age of moral panic. DuBois explores an enigmatic mans downfall through the perspectives of two spectatorsCel, Matties skeptical publicist, and Semi, the disillusioned lover from his past.With wit, heart, and crackling intelligence, The Spectators examines the human capacity for reinventionand forces us to ask ourselves what we choose to look at, and why.Praise for The SpectatorsWith The Spectators, duBois is staking out larger literary territory. The new novel is full of small pleasures that accumulate as proof that this writer knows her stuff. . . . DuBoiss mastery of . . . details earns our trust as she expands The Spectators into a billowing meditation on the responsibility of public figures to contribute something worthwhile to the culture. Although her book takes place decades ago, duBoiss message has a contemporary urgency as well.The New York TimesHeartrending and visceral . . . DuBoiss language is dexterous, and her pacing impressive. . . . The Spectators is a treatise on the medias power and a finely wrought example of intimate pain.USA Today

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