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The Love Song of Jonny Valentine


A General Fiction Novel

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One of the most critically acclaimed books of the year, Whiting Award-winner Teddy Wayne's second novel is more than a scabrous sendup of American celebrity culture; it's also a poignant portrait of one young artist's coming of age and an enduring yet timely portrait of the American dream gone awry.

Touring the country in a desperate attempt to save a career he's not sure he even wants, Jonny is both driven by his mother's ambition and haunted by his father's absence, constantly searching for a familiar face among the crowds. Utterly convincing, whip-smart, yet endearingly vulnerable, the eleven-year-old pop megastar sounds like Holden Caulfield Jr. adrift in Access Hollywood hell.

This extraordinary novel has been widely embraced as a literary masterpiece and the rare satire with a heart.

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