The Love Song of Jonny Valentine

For fans ofA Visit from the Goon Squadand Joyce Carol OatesBlonde, here is a scathing and enthralling new novel about Americas monstrous obsession with fame from the winner of a 2011 Whiting Writers Award. Megastar Jonny Valentine, eleven-year-old icon of bubblegum pop, knows that the fans dont love him for who he is. His image, his voice, and even his hairdo have been packagedby his LA label and by his hard-partying manager-motherinto bite-size pieces for easy digestion, sliding down the gullet of mass culture, the biggest appeal to the widest demographic. But somewhere inside the relentless marketing machine is still a little boy, devoted to his mother and determined to find his absent father among the countless, faceless fansisnt there? A twisted, brilliant, and viciously funny coming-of-age story set inside corporate arenas and luxury hotel suites, Teddy WaynesThe Love Song of Jonny Valentineexplores with devastating clarity the underbelly of fame in twenty-first-century Americas celebrity culture, told through the eyes of one of the most unforgettable child narrators since Holden Caulfield. This novel is a literary masterpiece from the award-winning and critically acclaimed author ofKapitoilone of the standout writers of his generation.