| Love and Death on Long Island Contributor(s): Adair, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802135927 ISBN-13: 9780802135926 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: When a cerebral British author becomes enamored of an American teenage pop icon (his first attraction to another male), his life spirals out of control. This novel, which references DEATH IN VENICE and LOLITA, as much as TUFF TURF and PORKY'S, is a heartrending, hilarious, and totally convincing story of unrequited love. This is the tie-in novel to the movie of the same title, starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98022274 |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.59" W x 8.35" (0.37 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The basis for the hit independent film starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt, Love and Death on Long Island, is a brilliant, witty, and heartrending update of Death in Venice. When he wanders into the wrong theater and finds himself watching the wretched teen-pic Hotpants College II, cerebral British author Giles De'Ath becomes romantically obsessed with dreamboat Ronnie Bostock. Giles's infatuation drives him to the unthinkable: he reads American fan magazines and watches movies with titles like Tex Mex and Skid Marks. And finally, he travels to Long Island, intent on meeting Ronnie in the flesh. |