{"product_id":"the-met-gala-tales-of-saints-and-seekers-two-novellas-9781648210419","title":"The Met Gala \u0026 Tales of Saints and Seekers: Two Novellas","description":"The sacred and the profane come together with visceral force in two novellas by Bruce Wagner, \u003ci\u003eThe Met Gala \u0026amp; Tales of Saints and Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Met Gala\u003c\/i\u003e follows a prominent family of influencers and would-be philanthropic socialites in the Hollywood hills as they spiral ever further away from reality. Candida is a young actress who sleeps with the \"unhoused\"--the ultimate charitable act--and her brother, Charlie, transitioned into womanhood at the age of eleven. Their mother and father have long been divorced but still come together to torment their children, mutilating and destroying friends and enemies along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of Saints and Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e is the digestivo, a collection of stories about the journey to enlightenment and the wisdom given by gurus. Where \u003ci\u003eThe Met Gala\u003c\/i\u003e pushes past boundaries and steps over the line, \u003ci\u003eTales of Saints and Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e knows that there is no line at all, only characters who travel on their own path, sometimes straying and other times going completely off the map. Wagner is able to hold the dichotomy of the sacred and profane in one book, smearing them together, and ripping them apart. \u003ci\u003eThe Met Gala \u0026amp; Tales of Saints and Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminated manuscript of Heaven and Hell.\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 fourteen novels, including the famous \"Cellphone Trilogy,\"--\u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e (PEN USA finalist), \u003ci\u003eI'll Let You Go\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Still Holding\u003c\/i\u003e--and the PEN\/Faulkner-finalist \u003ci\u003eChrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e. His more recent titles include \u003ci\u003eROAR: American Master\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Met Gala \u0026amp; Tales of Saints and Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631988445458,"sku":"9781648210419","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c5c58b2-5c40-41a7-8b38-8c584f66f616.jpg?v=1759225823","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-met-gala-tales-of-saints-and-seekers-two-novellas-9781648210419","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}