Hollywood Forever, Christopher Herz
Hollywood Forever, Christopher Herz
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Hollywood Forever

Author: Christopher Herz

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 7 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/29/2013

Synopsis

Harold Hall’s popularity, bolstered by a nervous breakdown caught on camera at the Hollywood DMV, has suddenly risen sky-high. Now strangers are taking his picture and uploading his every move to Facebook and Twitter. For a struggling actor looking to leave a legacy, it’s a dream come true. But Harold’s love, Eliah, doesn’t even have a cell phone, let alone a hashtag. And when Harold is cast as a revolutionary leader in a groundbreaking new web show, he lands the role that was built to make him a legend…but not without a cost. In order for Harold to truly transform into his role as a visionary, the producers at Golden State Broadcasting have asked him to undergo facial reconstructive surgery. Just when Harold’s dreams start to come true, he has to make the decision between love or legend before the director yells, “Cut!”

About Christopher Herz

After working in the New York advertising world and seeing the possibilities that social media and the digital revolution held for writers, Christopher Herz fully went after his dream of writing novels and took to selling copies of his first book, The Last Block in Harlem, on the streets of New York. His unorthodox efforts and fresh contemporary prose garnered the attention of media outlets everywhere, earning him an early spot on the AmazonEncore roster. AmazonEncore then republished the book to critical acclaim, and his novel Pharmacology was released a year later. Herz is a graduate of the San Francisco State University creative writing program and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, where he writes extensively on art and culture. Born in New York City, Herz grew up in California, the setting for his searing portrait of American life, Hollywood Forever.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on September 15, 2013

I don’t know if it’s possible to actually be in love with a book, but I’m fairly certain I am in love with HOLLYWOOD FOREVER. I’d say the love affair started at the beginning with the DMV meltdown and subsequent aftermath and continued all the way to the end of the novel. I’m not sure if I’m a bette......more

Goodreads review by Emily on January 29, 2013

An actor walks into a DMV . . . That’s not the beginning of a joke but of a brilliant novel written by Christopher Herz. Not only is Hollywood Forever a smart and witty five-star read—with genuine characters I want to meet for drinks—this book made me stop and question the influence of social media i......more

Goodreads review by Sam on January 09, 2013

If the definition of a good book is one you have to put down and digest before you move on, then this is an excellent book. All of Herz books leave me with the feeling that I have to keep thinking about them even when I have moved onto my next read. This is no exception resulting in it taking me age......more

Goodreads review by Cyrus on January 13, 2013

"If you are what you say you are, a superstar...Then have no fear, the camera is here...And the microphones..." That chorus by Matthew Santos in Lupe Fiasco's SUPERSTAR kept playing through my head as I read HOLLYWOOD FOREVER, the latest offering by author Christopher Herz. As was the case in his pre......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on January 20, 2013

Be careful of what you ask for. Very careful. Christopher Herz sets his Faustian tale in the Hollywood of today or maybe the day after tomorrow, in which even Harold Hall, a struggling actor without the wherewithal to pay the rent, has a lifetime membership at 24 hour fitness and posts his workout r......more

Quotes

“An actor walks into a DMV…That’s not the beginning of a joke but of a brilliant novel written by Christopher Herz. Not only is Hollywood Forever a smart and witty five-star read—with genuine characters I want to meet for drinks—this book made me stop and question the influence of social media in my own life. If you find yourself checking Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube multiple times a day, Hollywood Forever will cause you to think, too (in a good way that makes you read a second and third time)! To sum it all up in four words: I loved this book!” —Emily Snow, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author“What intrigues me most about Hollywood Forever is its underlying themes: the blurred boundaries of “reality” television, the fabricated constructions of identities in digital and social media, and the paradox of losing the ability to communicate in a world that makes communication so accessible. Throw in some revolutionary rhetoric, Rising Sushi, and Red Bull, and the reader walks away with both an entertaining story and a lot to think about.” —Elisa Lorello, author of Faking It and Adulation

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