The Double Life Is Twice as Good by Jonathan Ames
Wildly original novelist, essayist, and performance artist Jonathan Ames delivers a hilarious, risqué, and loveable selection of articles, essays, and fiction, including several previously unpublished pieces.In The Double Life Is Twice as Good, fans will be treated to a deft and charming compilation of Ames's journalism, personal essays, and short fiction. Featuring illuminating profiles of Marilyn Manson and Lenny Kravitz, his adventures at a goth festival in the Midwest, a story written for Esquire on a napkin, as well as a comic strip collaboration with graphic artist Nick Bertozzi, Ames's unique style and personality-driven humor shines throughout this wickedly funny collection. Also included is the short story, "Bored to Death," a Raymond Chandler-esque tale about a struggling writer-turned-detective who becomes quickly embroiled in the search for a missing college co-ed, which inspired the HBO series of the same name. Described by The Portland Oregonian as "an edgier David Sedaris," Ames will have you hooked with this brilliant collection.
I Pass Like Night, The Extra Man, and What's Not to Love? are also by Jonathan Ames. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the editor of Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs. He had two amateur boxing contests under the name The Herring Wonder, and he currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781439102336 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439102333 |
| Title | The Double Life Is Twice as Good |
| Author | Jonathan Ames |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
| Year published | 2009-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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