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With The Player and The Return of the Player , Michael Tolkin established himself as the master novelist of modern Hollywood. In his new novel, NK3 , the H LYW OD sign presides over a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Life for the community inside the Fence, ruled over by the new aristocracy, the Verified, is a perpetual party. Outside the Fence, in downtown Los Angeles, the Verified use an invented mythology to keep control over the mindless and nameless Drifters, Shamblers, and Bottle Bangers who serve the gift economy until no longer needed. The ruler, Chief, takes his guidance from gigantic effigies of a man and a woman in the heart of the Fence. They warn him of trouble to come, but who is the person to watch: the elusive Eckmann, holed up with the last functioning plane at LAX; Shannon Squier, the chisel-wielding pop superstar from the pre-NK3 world, pulled from the shambling masses; a treacherous member of Chief's inner circle; or Hopper, the uncommon Drifter compelled by an inner voice to search for a wife whose name and face he doesn't know? Each threatens to upset the delicate power balance in this fragile world. In deliciously dark prose, Tolkin winds a noose-like plot around this melee of despots, prophets, and rebels as they struggle for command and survival in a town that still manages to exert a magnetic force, even as a ruined husk.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802125433
ISBN-13
9780802125439
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227691912

Product Key Features

Book Title
Nk3
Author
Michael Tolkin
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.O4278n58 2017
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Advance Praise for NK3 : "Award-winning writer, director, and producer Tolkin presents a postapocalyptic examination of nearfuture Los Angeles . . . Tolkin's use of language evokes in the reader the feelings of confusion and mistrust experienced by the survivors. Readers looking for something reminiscent of World War Z and Cory Doctorow's work should give this one a try." -- Booklist Praise for Michael Tolkin: "Michael Tolkin is an L.A. Antonioni with a sense of humor." -- New Yorker "One of the most wounding and satirical of all Hollywood exposs: dark and mordant . . . A nightmare rendered with icy precision." -- Los Angeles Times , on The Player "A pungently witty and entertaining read . . . A perceptive denunciation of contemporary life . . . Tolkin proves himself a master of black comedy." -- Washington Post , on Among the Dead "So unexpected, so full of startling insights, that it seems to be blazing a fresh trail. At the same time, it reveals a character who is bound inevitably to a disastrous past." -- Oregonian , on Under Radar "Startling . . . There is a fearlessness to Mr. Tolkin's book that remains forceful." -- New York Times , on Under Radar "In its wry, acerbic description of the world behind the studio gates Tolkin's book recalls F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . and the vengeful comedy of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust ." -- Philadelphia Inquirer , on The Player, Praise for Michael Tolkin: "Michael Tolkin is an L.A. Antonioni with a sense of humor." -- New Yorker "One of the most wounding and satirical of all Hollywood exposés: dark and mordant . . . A nightmare rendered with icy precision." -- Los Angeles Times , on The Player "A pungently witty and entertaining read . . . A perceptive denunciation of contemporary life . . . Tolkin proves himself a master of black comedy." -- Washington Post , on Among the Dead "So unexpected, so full of startling insights, that it seems to be blazing a fresh trail. At the same time, it reveals a character who is bound inevitably to a disastrous past." -- Oregonian , on Under Radar "Startling . . . There is a fearlessness to Mr. Tolkin's book that remains forceful." -- New York Times , on Under Radar "In its wry, acerbic description of the world behind the studio gates Tolkin's book recalls F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . and the vengeful comedy of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust ." -- Philadelphia Inquirer , on The Player, Praise for Michael Tolkin: "Michael Tolkin is an L.A. Antonioni with a sense of humor." -- New Yorker "One of the most wounding and satirical of all Hollywood exposs: dark and mordant . . . A nightmare rendered with icy precision." -- Los Angeles Times , on The Player "A pungently witty and entertaining read . . . A perceptive denunciation of contemporary life . . . Tolkin proves himself a master of black comedy." -- Washington Post , on Among the Dead "So unexpected, so full of startling insights, that it seems to be blazing a fresh trail. At the same time, it reveals a character who is bound inevitably to a disastrous past." -- Oregonian , on Under Radar "Startling . . . There is a fearlessness to Mr. Tolkin's book that remains forceful." -- New York Times , on Under Radar "In its wry, acerbic description of the world behind the studio gates Tolkin's book recalls F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . and the vengeful comedy of Nathanael West's The Day of the Locust ." -- Philadelphia Inquirer , on The Player
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2016-046210
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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