"For decades, Gilbert Sorrentino has remained a unique figure in our
literature. He reminds us that fiction lives because artists make it. .
. . To the novel--everyone's novel--Sorrentino brings honor, tradition
and relentless passion."--Don DeLillo
"Possessing both the grace of James Joyce and the snap and crackle of
Tom Wolfe, [Sorrentino] is a must-read for those who fancy fiction
served on wry."--Booklist
"Far from being overly highbrow, Sorrentino manages to be thrillingly
disorienting and, at the same time, quite accessible."--BookSense.com
"Sorrentino has shown himself a perfect mimic of the information age, an
era when all is revealed and no one can quite remember who appeared on
the cover of last week's People."--The Washington Post
A boyhood friend of the late Hubert Selby, Jr., teacher of Jeffrey
Eugenides and two-time PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, Gilbert Sorrentino
is an elder statesman of American literature who continues to transgress
artistic boundaries.
In Lunar Follies, a bitingly satiric, imaginative tour of gallery,
museum and performance art exhibitions, Sorrentino skewers the
pretensions of the contemporary art world and its flailing attempts at
relevance in a society whose attentions have strayed to the immediacy of
pop culture. With precise comedic timing and an eye toward lascivious
detail, Sorrentino is the perfect guide through this deliciously absurd
world.
Gilbert Sorrentino has published over 20 books of fiction and
poetry, including the story collection, The Moon in Its Flight, and
the recent novel, Little Casino, which was shortlisted for the 2003
PEN/Faulkner Award. After two decades on the faculty at Stanford
University, he now lives in his native Brooklyn, New York.
