GLEN DAVID GOLD / Sunnyside
A quintessentially American epic, Sunnyside stars the
one and only Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. It’s 1916 and, after an
extraordinary mass delusion where Chaplin is spotted in more than eight hundred
places simultaneously, his fame is at its peak but his inspiration is at a
low. As he struggles to find a film project as worthy as himself, we are
introduced to a dazzling cast of characters that take us from the battlefields
of
“A breathless stupendous novel that recreates both a young
brash
“Brilliant . . . Sunnyside offers a wealth of wit and
pathos and insight, and who better to guide us through this transformational
moment in history than the Little Tramp? . . . Gold’s dexterous voice can swing
from the exuberant melodrama of silent film to the terror of doomed soldiers to
the quiet despair of the world’s most beloved man.” --
Glen David Gold’s first novel, Carter Beats the Devil,
has been translated into fourteen languages. His short stories and essays
have appeared in McSweeney’s, Playboy, and The New York Times
Magazine. He lives in
- Street:
- The Booksmith
- Additional:
- 1644 Haight Street
- City:
- San Francisco ,
- Province:
- California
- Postal Code:
- 94117
- Country:
- United States
