Always Crashing in the Same Car by Matthew Specktor

Always Crashing in the Same Car by Matthew Specktor

An] absorbing and revealing book. . . nestling in the fruitful terrain between memoir and criticism. --Geoff Dyer, author of Out of Sheer Rage

Blending memoir and cultural criticism, Matthew Specktor explores family legacy, the lives of artists, and a city that embodies both dreams and disillusionment.

Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine and That Summertime Sound, as well as The Sting, a nonfiction book, and The Golden Hour (Ecco/HarperCollins), a upcoming memoir. The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, Tin House, Vogue, GQ, Black Clock, and Open City have all published his work. He is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books and a MacDowell fellow. He is currently based in Los Angeles. Matthew Specktor's website is www.matthewspecktor.com.