num_pages: 304
description: Megastar Jonny Valentine eleven-year-old icon of bubblegum pop knows that the fans dont love him for who he is. The talented singers image voice and even hairdo have been relentlessly packagedby his L.A. label and his hard-partying manager-mother Janeinto bite-size pabulum. But within the marketing machine somewhere Jonny is still a vulnerable little boy perplexed by his budding sexuality and his heartthrob status dependent on Jane and endlessly searching for his absent father in Internet fan sites lonely emails and the crowds of faceless fans.Poignant brilliant and viciously funny told through the eyes of one of the most unforgettable child narrators this literary masterpiece explores with devastating insight and empathy the underbelly of success in 21st-century America. The Love Song of Jonny Valentine is a tour de force by a standout voice of his generation.
language: English
title: The Love Song of Jonny Valentine
publisher: Free Press