Norman's Present - Softcover

Eisenberg, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595097731 ISBN 13: 9780595097739

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: Normans Present (formerly The Villa of the Ferromonte) was Lawrence Eisenbergs first novel. He has since written Temptation, a satiric novel set in Hollywood, and a biography, Jack Nicholson: The Search for a Superstar. For the past two decades his articles have also appeared in most major magazines. He and his wife, the former Barbara Frances Smith, are lifelong New Yorkers. Description: An adult fairy tale . In 1970s New York, 26-year-old Norman Dickens visits his once-wealthy and fabulous aunts, now ill, impoverished and living in clutter and filth.One night, unknown to them, he discovers how they cope . . . by going into their tiny apartment's back room and inexplicablly returning to their halcyon days in the Rome of the 1920s. His life is dramatically changed when he follows them.

About this title

About the Author

Lawrence Eisenberg is the author of two novels: Norman's Present, a romantic fantasy set in New York and Rome; and Temptation, a satiric indictment of fame, power, money, and sex in Hollywood. He has also written a biography of Jack Nicholson, as well as stories for many national magazines, including Rolling Stone, GQ, and TV Guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595097731
• ISBN 13: 9780595097739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208