Panorama City

Name: Panorama City
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Antoine Wilson
ISBN: 9781470819316

Author: Antoine Wilson

Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 09/25/2012

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

With its blend of fools wisdom and deeply felt humanity,Panorama Cityis heir to Marilynne RobinsonsGileadand Steve MartinsThe Jerk.From his deathbed*, twenty-eight-year-old Oppen Porteran openhearted, bicycle-riding, binocular-toting, self-described slow absorberunspools into a cassette recorder his tale of self-determination, from village idiot to man of the world, for the benefit of his unborn son. Told in an astonishingly charming and wise voice, Oppens account traces forty days and nights navigating the fast-food joints, storefront churches, and home-office psychologists of the San Fernando Valley. Ping-ponging between his watchful, sharp-tongued aunt and an outlaw philosopher with the face of a newly hatched crocodile, Oppen finds himself constantly in the sights of people who believe that their way is the only way for him. Oppen Porter is an American original (Stewart ONan) for whom finding ones own way is both a delightful art and a painstaking science. Disarmingly funny and surreptitiously moving,Panorama Citymakes us see the world, and our place in it, with new eyes. *Not really

About Antoine Wilson

Antoine Wilson is the author of the novels Panorama City and The Interloper. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, StoryQuarterly, Best New American Voices, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications, and he is a contributing editor of A Public Space. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and recipient of a Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Los Angeles. His website is: AntoineWilson.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on October 09, 2012

I have been meaning to write a long review of this book, because I think there's a lot in it to pull out and examine, but I am a busy man, and it doesn't look like that's going to happen. So in lieu of something more meaningful, let me just say that I defy you not to like this book. Oppen Porter, th......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on December 14, 2012

This is a brilliant novel. The protagonist, Oppen Porter, is fully realized and we are quickly pulled into his way of seeing the world. This is a seductive novel in that we know things about Oppen that he doesn't know about himself and still, he is easy to believe and to like and to love. On a craft......more

Goodreads review by Kim on November 04, 2012

This is a *must* read. I believe it would cause even the most jaded cynic to shed a little of her thick skin. I was sad to say goodbye to Oppen Porter when I closed the book. You'll want to keep seeing the world through his eyes long after you've finished reading Panorama City. Bravo to Antoine Wils......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on October 22, 2012

In the beginning, I found it a tad difficult to follow. I was a little confused by the rhythm and the many commas, but after a while I got the hang of it and I truly enjoyed the read. It got to the point where I'd wake up and first thing I did was start reading, cuddled up with my blanket. I really......more

Goodreads review by Karen on June 04, 2013

I am so excited that Antoine Wilson has another book out! Loved, loved, loved The Interloper and now a new novel. Review coming soon--reading the book first will help the review immensely. Updated 5/24/13 I actually started to write a full review of this book some time back and to my utter horror a......more