Gulliver Takes Manhattan, Justin Luke Zirilli
Gulliver Takes Manhattan, Justin Luke Zirilli
9 Rating(s)
List: $14.99 | Sale: $10.50
Club: $7.49

Gulliver Takes Manhattan

Author: Justin Luke Zirilli

Narrator: Cole Ferguson

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012

Synopsis

Gulliver Takes Manhattan (first published as Gulliver Travels) is the tale of twenty-something Gulliver Leverenz, who abandons sunny L.A. for a fresh start in New York. He’s leaving behind his family, his friends—and one bastard ex-boyfriend who can’t take a hint. With no money, job, or direction, Gully gratefully accepts an invitation to crash with his former fraternity brother Todd. As luck would have it, Todd lives in Hell’s Kitchen, New York’s hottest “gayborhood,” and is a rising star in the gay nightlife scene, complete with a crew of incredibly hot friends. Not long after, Gully snags a job with a talent agent and even finds himself a new boyfriend. There’s just one catch: Gulliver knows this budding relationship could get him in a lot of trouble. And inevitably, it does just that. Gulliver’s streak of good fortune soon takes a turn for the miserable as his choices unleash an onslaught of catastrophes that leaves him in a tragic and seemingly hopeless situation beneath the skyscrapers. But Gully’s tougher than he realizes and is determined to prove, for once and for all, that he has what it takes to make it in New York. By turns exciting, sad, and hysterically funny, Gulliver Takes Manhattan is a refreshingly candid tale of one man’s quest to stake a place for himself in the greatest city in the world.

About Justin Luke Zirilli

Justin Luke Zirilli is the co-director and head promoter of BoiParty.com, a New York-based gay nightlife events company. He and his business partner, Alan Picus, throw weekly dance parties around New York City, and larger events across the United States. In addition to event planning, Justin feeds his addiction to social media as the creator of Gorgeous, Gay and Twenty-Something, a private international Facebook group; as the New York correspondent of the national gay talk show, The Swish Edition; and by moonlighting as a social media and new business consultant. When he isn’t glued to his computer screen, or traversing NYC’s gay party scene, he spends his time in Hell’s Kitchen, playing PlayStation and watching Battlestar Galactica with his boyfriend, Joe.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on June 21, 2017

Audible FUN.PURE. Great in all its manifestation, but ingenious as an AUDIO-BOOK, thanks to fantastic Cole Ferguson. Gulliver Leverenz will drive you nuts, but his adventure in the city that never sleeps is spectacular, his conquest of NYC is addictive, funny, witty, sexy, entertaining, and...com......more

Goodreads review by Theo on June 01, 2013

I had to get past the bad formatting (essentially, there wasn't any) and the sloppy editing (quite a feat, since I'm an editor), but once I was sucked into the story, I couldn't stop reading. This is just plain fun; Gulliver's adventures are amusing and witty as we experience NYC's gay nightlife thro......more

Goodreads review by Ken on June 20, 2012

This is one of the best gay-boy-takes-on-the-big-apple novels I've read in a long, long time. I haven't come across a main character that has such a penchant for hopping from cringe-worthy situation to cringe-worthy situation like Gulliver since reading the first Shopoholic book some years back. You......more

Goodreads review by Liviania on June 12, 2012

If you can't tell by the summary, Gulliver Takes Manhattan is a popcorn novel. A rather addictive popcorn novel - I started reading one chapter on a break and finished the entire novel. Zirilli's writing may not be sophisticated, but it's more than competent, especially considering that Gulliver Tak......more

Goodreads review by Danny on July 12, 2013

Dear Gulliver, The drama could have sooo been avoided. But hey, I enjoy drama from time to time and I certainly got it here. Living vicariously through Gulliver was certainly stressful at times but highly entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and didn't stop reading till I was finished. Ont......more

Quotes

“New York is famous for its literary movements…[and] the Facebook generation has produced a number of unlikely breakout stars, including author Justin Luke Zirilli.” —Advocate.com“[Zirilli] manages to give his characters depth, fluidity, composition, posture, and sets them all in a background that is believable and vivid. Above all, I didn’t want to put the book down.” —Garrett Frechette, Examiner.com“There is a lot of observational humor in this coming of age story. Good stuff.” —Guerillabookworm.com

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List