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Slow Dance on the Fault Line
Slow Dance on the Fault Line
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"Rawley's writing blazes unapologetically fecund and startling, like some kind of bird of paradise from Mars. It is a literary movement in itself."
--Sandra Tsing Loh
"A vivid and memorable book about American's strangest state."
--The Mail
From seedy sun-drenched bungalows to Polo Lounge booths to opulent mansions along winding canyon drives, Donald Rawley shines a merciless light on a city perched precariously on the rim of the desert and edge of reality. In these fourteen finely crafted gems of impassioned lyricism, the author rakes his pen across the glistening ve¬neer of Los Angeles's elusive fantasy and hard-boiled glamour to expose the unvarnished, unsavory truth un¬derneath. The result is an electrifying achievement that places Rawley in the forefront of this country's new fic¬tion writers.
Whether focusing on a comedian's homicidal greed, a second-rate screenwriter pondering his lot sitting naked in a Bentley, or a valium-addicted beauty seeking grati¬fication amid a tawdry carnival sideshow, Donald Rawley relentlessly excavates LA's sun-bleached graveyard of broken hopes, shattered dreams and sordid memo¬ries. At times both sacred and profane, Slow Dance on the Fault Line shows why redemption and salvation both come at a stiff price in the City of Angels.
"Donald Rawley is the literary equivalent of amyl nitrate. Reading this searing talent may give you a heart attack, but you'll die with a twisted, sated smile of gratitude on your lips."
--Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight
"Rawley's style is sumptuous and baroque. He has an uncanny knack for making the bizarre beautiful and for capturing the pathos and peculiar dignity of characters who wouldn't ordinarily command respect."
--The Observer (London)
--Sandra Tsing Loh
"A vivid and memorable book about American's strangest state."
--The Mail
From seedy sun-drenched bungalows to Polo Lounge booths to opulent mansions along winding canyon drives, Donald Rawley shines a merciless light on a city perched precariously on the rim of the desert and edge of reality. In these fourteen finely crafted gems of impassioned lyricism, the author rakes his pen across the glistening ve¬neer of Los Angeles's elusive fantasy and hard-boiled glamour to expose the unvarnished, unsavory truth un¬derneath. The result is an electrifying achievement that places Rawley in the forefront of this country's new fic¬tion writers.
Whether focusing on a comedian's homicidal greed, a second-rate screenwriter pondering his lot sitting naked in a Bentley, or a valium-addicted beauty seeking grati¬fication amid a tawdry carnival sideshow, Donald Rawley relentlessly excavates LA's sun-bleached graveyard of broken hopes, shattered dreams and sordid memo¬ries. At times both sacred and profane, Slow Dance on the Fault Line shows why redemption and salvation both come at a stiff price in the City of Angels.
"Donald Rawley is the literary equivalent of amyl nitrate. Reading this searing talent may give you a heart attack, but you'll die with a twisted, sated smile of gratitude on your lips."
--Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight
"Rawley's style is sumptuous and baroque. He has an uncanny knack for making the bizarre beautiful and for capturing the pathos and peculiar dignity of characters who wouldn't ordinarily command respect."
--The Observer (London)
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