Rex: A Novella - Softcover

C.E. Smith (author)

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ISBN 10: 1680031821 ISBN 13: 9781680031829

Publisher: Texas Review Press, 2019

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Widower and former pastor, Rex Wells is struggling with Parkinson's disease when his twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Wendy, lands the starring role in an action movie. He makes the arduous journey from Nashville to the Hollywood premiere but finds the aptly titled Overkill almost as disagreeable as her filmmaker boyfriend-a millionaire twice her age and, for better or worse, the father of Rex's newborn grandson. Even as Overkill makes Wendy a star, a scandal from her past ignites a paparazzi feeding frenzy, and Rex finds himself contending with an anonymous internet troll whose disturbingly personal attacks force Rex to confront a past scandal of his own-the adulterous affair that cost him his ministry. When Wendy enlists him in a morally dubious publicity scheme, he has to decide how far he's willing to go to protect her career.

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About the Author

Born and raised in Atlanta, C.E. Smith studied English at Stanford University and went to medical school at Vanderbilt University. In 2013, he won Shakespeare & Company bookstore's international Paris Literary Prize for his novella, Body Electric. His novel, Brother's Keeper, was published in 2015 by Atlantic Books in the UK. He lives with his wife and children in Nashville, Tennessee, where he works as a radiologist.

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