Mark Lindquist Knihy

Hip deep in music, this narrative offers an inside view that captures the rhythms and sights of late-nineties Seattle. Pete Tyler, at a crossroads, left a seminal grunge band eight years ago for a more conventional path. Now thirty-six, he’s a deputy prosecutor still frequenting the same clubs and dating the same type of women, who now reminisce about his band. As he contemplates marriage, he’s torn between three women: Beth, his long-lost first love; Winter, his on-and-off girlfriend who embodies the grunge lifestyle; and Esme´, a Sub Pop A&R executive facing her own dilemmas. When a date-rape case involving a local rocker and an eighteen-year-old accuser lands on his desk, Pete confronts his past and present, forcing him to reckon with where he stands. A cooler version of Everyguy, Pete embodies the struggle between adolescence and adulthood. This story is a hilarious yet poignant exploration of a man caught between two worlds, enriched with references to classic rock and Seattle's legendary alternative scene, serving as a bittersweet reflection on a unique American zeitgeist.

An acutely etched portrayal of up-to-date disillusionment in L.A., Sad Movies speaks to the generation of readers drawn to Jay McInerney and other contemporary writers--but in a searching, exact voice all its own.

Der Tod eines Freundes, der sich Heiligabend aus lauter Langeweile erschossen hat, lässt eine Gruppe von Endzwanzigern, die sich in Hollywoods Film- und Partyszene tummelt, an ihrer Lebensweise zweifeln. In der Silvesternacht fassen Bick, Mona, Libby, Oscar, Merri, Willie und Joy mehr oder weniger gute Vorsätze für das neue Jahr, doch einige gehen genauso schnell verloren, wie sie gefasst wurden.