The Love Song of Jonny Valentine - Hardcover

Teddy Wayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715645676 ISBN 13: 9780715645673

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old music superstar Jonny Valentine lives in a bubble of packed arenas, luxury suites, and screaming fans. Accompanied by his hard-partying, youth-obsessed manager (who is also his mother), and a bodyguard who is possibly his only friend, Jonny travels America on his sell-out tour, never going anywhere alone, trying to find his absent father, and playing his favourite video game; all whilst contemplating the possibility of returning to school to lead a normal life for a while.

About this title

Review:

More than a scabrous sendup of American celebrity culture; its also a poignant portrait of one young artists coming of age --New York Times

An origin story for all of societys terrible, wonderful pop angels --VICE

A provocative and bittersweet illumination of celebrity --Kirkus (Starred Review)

About the Author:

Teddy Wayne is a prolific journalist and humourist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, McSweeneys, The Onion, The New York Times, TIME, Vanity Fair and Esquire amongst many others. He won a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his debut novel, Kapitoil (also published by Duckworth). Find him at www.teddywayne.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0715645676
• ISBN 13: 9780715645673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304