A life in books
Subtitle: the rise and fall of Bleu Mobley
By: an illuminated novel written & designed by Warren Lehrer
Publisher: Goff Books; ORO Editions
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Novato, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781939621023
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Prisoners; Fiction; Books; Artists' books
Other titles: Rise and fall of Bleu Mobley
Description: "A Life In Books is an illuminated novel containing 101 books within it, all written by Lehrer's protagonist, author Bleu Mobley, who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career. Mobley's autobiography/apologia is paired with a review of all 101 of his books. Each book is represented by its first-edition cover design and catalogue copy, and more than a third of his books are excerpted. The resulting retrospective contrasts the published writings (which read like short stories) with the author's confessional memoir, forming a most unusual portrait of a well-intentioned, obsessively inventive (but ethically challenged) visionary."--Publisher description.
Notes: "A Life In Books is an illuminated novel containing 101 books within it, all written by Lehrer's protagonist, author Bleu Mobley, who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career. Mobley's autobiography/apologia is paired with a review of all 101 of his books. Each book is represented by its first-edition cover design and catalogue copy, and more than a third of his books are excerpted. The resulting retrospective contrasts the published writings (which read like short stories) with the author's confessional memoir, forming a most unusual portrait of a well-intentioned, obsessively inventive (but ethically challenged) visionary."--Publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references.

International Book Award, Best Nonfiction, 2015.