Tim Thornton's Portrait Of A Pop Culture Obsession Is So Convincing That One Can't Help Wishing That His Fictional Alt Rock Band Actually Existed, Or Suspecting That They Did. The Alternative Hero Is A Weirdly Compelling Portrait Of Fanatic Fandom Which Reads Like High Fidelity At High Volume.

-Jay McInerney

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Tim Thornton's Portrait Of A Pop Culture

Jay McInerney

Tim Thornton's Portrait Of A Pop Culture Obsession Is So Convincing That One Can't Help Wishing That His Fictional Alt Rock Band Actually Existed, Or Suspecting That They Did. The Alternative Hero Is A Weirdly Compelling Portrait Of Fanatic Fandom Which Reads Like High Fidelity At High Volume.

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Hero

Rocks

Wish

I Remain A Fan Of My Friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'american Psycho.' I Think As A Book About New York In The '80s It Was Pretty Excellent.

New York

Book

Thinking