Flatscreen
Subtitle: a novel
By: Adam Wilson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780062090331
Subjects: Loss (Psychology); Fiction; Friendship; Paraplegics; Television actors and actresses
Other titles: Flat screen
Description: "Flatscreen tells the story of Eli Schwartz as he endures the loss of his home, the indifference of his parents, the success of his older brother, and the cruel and frequent dismissal of the opposite sex. He is a loser par excellence-- pasty, soft, and high-- who struggles to become a new person in a world where nothing is new. Into this scene of apathy rolls Seymour J. Kahn. Former star of the small screen and current paraplegic sex addict, Kahn has purchased Eli's old family home. The two begin a dangerous friendship, one that distracts from their circumstances but speeds their descent into utter debasement and, inevitably, YouTube stardom. By story's end, through unlikely acts of courage and kindness, roles will be reversed, reputations resurrected, and charges (hopefully) dropped" -- p. [4] of cover.