Candy Everybody Wants by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Candy Everybody Wants by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Armistead Maupin meets Beautiful People in Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s hilarious and yet poignant coming-of-age tale Jayson Blocher is fifteen years old with a wayward mother, a disabled brother and a neighbour who thinks he’s the spawn of the devil. For so long he has worshipped at the feet of popular culture, but now he wants to be part of it, and let’s face it, what’s to keep him in Wisconsin? Even his own mother wants him to go. So Jayson heads off to find fame and fortune, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members. From a New York escort agency to the glamour of a Hollywood situation comedy, Jayson searches for his destiny. Only to find that being America’s sweetheart can leave a very sour aftertaste.

‘Josh Kilmer-Purcell is funny funny funny, one of the funniest young writers in AmericaIn Candy Everybody Wants, he trains his insightfully sardonic eye on the world of 80’s pop culture, showing the roots that made us a nation of Britneys, American Idols, and Obamamaniacs’ James Frey

‘A balls out joy ride through eighties pop culture that enlightens as much as it exhilarates. As always, Kilmer-Purcell's astringent wit is nicely tempered by his obvious sympathy for human frailty." Armistead Maupin

‘In a word, wonderful’ Clive Barker on I Am Not Myself These Days

‘A funny, enjoyable, feel-good romp…perfect holiday reading.’
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In the 1990s Josh Kilmer–Purcell was a world renowned drag queen by night and an award–winning advertising creative by day. Josh and his partner divide their time between Manhattan and a goat farm in upstate New York

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ISBN 13	9780007301645
ISBN 10	0007301642
Title	Candy Everybody Wants
Author	Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2009-05-28
Number of pages	320
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