Slow Fade - Hardcover

Wurlitzer, Rudolph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039453610X ISBN 13: 9780394536101

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1984

Synopsis

An intimate portrait of legendary Hollywood director Wes Hardin focuses on a man whose life and career have been devoted to the manipulation of images and who, at seventy, tries to strip himself of illusions and make peace with his world

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Review

""The return of "Slow Fade" is a fine thing. It's Rudy Wurlitzer's greatest work of fiction . . . and one of the best American books there is." --Alex Cox, director, " Repo Man "and" Sid & Nancy

""If you splice Rudy Wurlitzer's "Slow Fade" to his other four novels, they become a beautiful quintet, never losing their miraculous beat." --Robert Downey, director, " Hugo Pool "and" Putney Swope

"""Slow Fade" may be the most traditional of Wurlitzer's novels, and the time-honored pleasures of the novel are here in abundance: a twisting and turning story about fathers and sons, power and poverty, violence and fate. Some may read it as a 'roman a clef' about certain notorious Hollywood players, but that seems rather secondary to me. Wurlitzer has fashioned a rare and wonderful thing--a deeply spiritual novel, without one whiff of incense or candle wax." --Scott Spencer, author, " Endless Love "and" Waking the Dead

"""Slow Fade" comes out of the space between real life and the movies and closes it up for good. A great book: beautiful, funny, and dangerous." --Michael Herr, screenwriter, " Full Metal Jacket

" The return of "Slow Fade" is a fine thing. It's Rudy Wurlitzer's greatest work of fiction . . . and one of the best American books there is. Alex Cox, director, " Repo Man "and" Sid & Nancy"

" "Slow Fade" comes out of the space between real life and the movies and closes it up for good. A great book: beautiful, funny, and dangerous. Michael Herr, screenwriter, " Full Metal Jacket"

" If you splice Rudy Wurlitzer's "Slow Fade" to his other four novels, they become a beautiful quintet, never losing their miraculous beat. Robert Downey, director, " Hugo Pool "and" Putney Swope"

" "Slow Fade" may be the most traditional of Wurlitzer's novels, and the time-honored pleasures of the novel are here in abundance: a twisting and turning story about fathers and sons, power and poverty, violence and fate. Some may read it as a 'roman a clef' about certain notorious Hollywood players, but that seems rather secondary to me. Wurlitzer has fashioned a rare and wonderful thinga deeply spiritual novel, without one whiff of incense or candle wax. Scott Spencer, author, " Endless Love "and" Waking the Dead"

About the Author

Rudolph Wurlitzer is the screenwriter of "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid "and "Two-Lane Blacktop." He is also the author of the novels "Flats," " Nog," " Quake," " "and "The Drop Edge of Yonder," and the travel diary "Hard Travel to Sacred Places." He lives in Hudson, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039453610X
• ISBN 13: 9780394536101
• Binding: Hardcover