{"product_id":"dead-stars-9781648210471","title":"Dead Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner weaves together tales of desperation and depravity of the modern age in \u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, his uproarious and sharply critical take on the obsessions of Hollywood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Telma, the world's youngest breast cancer survivor, is threatened with obscurity by a four-year-old that's undergone a mastectomy. Reeyonna, a pregnant teenager, believes she will befriend Kanye West by auditioning for pregnant teenage porn. A photographer, Jacquie, rejuvenates her career by turning her lens toward dead babies. And Michael Douglas searches for purpose and meaning when his wife, Catherine, guest-stars on the television series, \u003ci\u003eGlee\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wagner gives a tour through the lowest depths of fame-seeking behavior and idolatry in what \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalled a \"collagelike picture of Hollywood as a sewer of depravity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e has written thirteen novels and bestsellers, including the famous \"Cellphone Trilogy,\" \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e (PEN USA finalist), \u003ci\u003eI'll Let You Go and Still Holding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Chair\u003c\/i\u003e, and the PEN\/Faulkner-finalist \u003ci\u003eChrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series \u003ci\u003eWild Palms\u003c\/i\u003e for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTracey Ullman's State of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays and articles for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523204747538,"sku":"9781648210471","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dead-stars-9781648210471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}