num_pages: 338
description: Stunningly written in prose that is poetic, gripping, and highly adventurous, Artificial Light may be the first American novel to successfully treat the alternative rock scene of the 1990s as a subject for serious literature.James Greer, a novelist and screenwriter, has written for Spin, Tennis Magazine, Sunfish Holy Breakfast, and Paris Hilton. He is the author of Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock 'n' Roll (Grove, 2005). He lives in Los Angeles.
language: English
title: Artificial Light
titlecomplete: Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery)
genres: Fiction, Music
ratings_count: 161
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Akashic Books