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Monster in a Box

by Spalding Gray

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ISBN13: 9780679737391
ISBN10: 0679737391
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

For some time now, writer-actor-performance artist Spalding Gray has been carrying around with him a monster: a manuscript of a novel called Impossible Vacation, a book that at last sighting weighed in at about 1,800 pages. Monster in a Box, Gray's latest monologue, is a guided tour between the stations of his writing block, which include a field trip to Nicaragua, a disastrous guest appearance at the Moscow film festival, and a stint in Los Angeles hunting down the fabled few who have never written a screenplay. Hilarious and poignant, Monster in a Box is further proof that Gray has not only captured the dangerous spirit of our age but swallowed it whole.

Review:

"Gray fishes up so much of the glory and chaos of our times....Talking about himself — with candor, humor, imagination — he ends up talking about all of us."
- Washington Post

"Gray's deepest, most self-questioning piece...wildly, unpredictably witty, wide-ranging and quirky, but also sneakily profound. — Newsday

"Spalding Gray may be the nation's outstanding storyteller. He has never been better." — Los Angeles Times

"[Gray is] the perfect raconteur for our times." — New York Magazine

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679737391
Author:
Gray, Spalding
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
American
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Black humor
Copyright:
Edition Description:
A Vintage original, 1st ed.
Series Volume:
9384
Publication Date:
February 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
81
Dimensions:
8.00x5.21x.35 in. .29 lbs.

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