Alexander Murphy's Home for Wayward Celebrities

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Author: Josh Karaczewski ISBN: 9781465786685
Publisher: Josh Karaczewski Publication: September 5, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Josh Karaczewski
ISBN: 9781465786685
Publisher: Josh Karaczewski
Publication: September 5, 2011
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

When Lucy Faas’ agent convinces her to stay at a secluded home near Santa Barbara owned by someone named Alexander Murphy, she comes with the sole intention of rekindling her abandoned music career, hoping that this time she can write songs without having to mine personal trauma for their subject. Lucy never expected that she would be joining a makeshift family of celebrities there hiding from the bored, scandal-hungry populace and the paparazzo’s persistent lens; she certainly never expected that she would fall in love, first with the warm, lush landscaped hills of Montecito, and then with her enigmatic host, before learning a secret that could bring this celebrity utopia to an ignominious end. And no one expected lurking Doom would soon be climbing over the wall, camera swinging from his neck.

Incorporating song lyrics, articles, and sections of pure dramatic dialogue into its unconventional seriocomic narrative, and with a cast of celebrity characters alternately inspired or imagined, Alexander Murphy’s Home for Wayward Celebrities explores 21st Century celebrity, pop culture, and the creative process with wit and style.

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When Lucy Faas’ agent convinces her to stay at a secluded home near Santa Barbara owned by someone named Alexander Murphy, she comes with the sole intention of rekindling her abandoned music career, hoping that this time she can write songs without having to mine personal trauma for their subject. Lucy never expected that she would be joining a makeshift family of celebrities there hiding from the bored, scandal-hungry populace and the paparazzo’s persistent lens; she certainly never expected that she would fall in love, first with the warm, lush landscaped hills of Montecito, and then with her enigmatic host, before learning a secret that could bring this celebrity utopia to an ignominious end. And no one expected lurking Doom would soon be climbing over the wall, camera swinging from his neck.

Incorporating song lyrics, articles, and sections of pure dramatic dialogue into its unconventional seriocomic narrative, and with a cast of celebrity characters alternately inspired or imagined, Alexander Murphy’s Home for Wayward Celebrities explores 21st Century celebrity, pop culture, and the creative process with wit and style.

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