The B-Side of Paradise - D'Alessandro, Alfred
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Fitzgerald meets Salinger in this coming-of-age romp that follows a spirited first gen crashing and burning the Ivy League like Holden Caulfield reborn. In the end he raises a "cold pony" to his Princeton experience as he learns to reconcile the Animal House and Dead Poet's Society within himself. "It's so delightfully sardonic and unremittingly hilarious I started jonesing for it as soon as my morning coffee kicked in." "An amusing book that touches on themes of Ivy League privilege. Loved the flying Christmas cannoli, happy bottoms, and Math 447 dream." "Evocative, funny, introspective. By the end, I felt as if I'd gone to Princeton with the author!"…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Fitzgerald meets Salinger in this coming-of-age romp that follows a spirited first gen crashing and burning the Ivy League like Holden Caulfield reborn. In the end he raises a "cold pony" to his Princeton experience as he learns to reconcile the Animal House and Dead Poet's Society within himself. "It's so delightfully sardonic and unremittingly hilarious I started jonesing for it as soon as my morning coffee kicked in." "An amusing book that touches on themes of Ivy League privilege. Loved the flying Christmas cannoli, happy bottoms, and Math 447 dream." "Evocative, funny, introspective. By the end, I felt as if I'd gone to Princeton with the author!"
Autorenporträt
Alfred D'Alessandro studied on a Francois de Menil Fellowship at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts where he won a Louis B. Mayer prize for promising young screenwriters, There he studied under the legendary Frank Daniel, who mentored Milos Forman David Lynch, and Terrence Mallick. He is currently working on Dark Star High, a prequel to The B-Side of Paradise about growing up on Long Island in the 1960s.