Fiction. Film Studies. A whip-smart fiction debut, OUR SECRET LIFE IN
THE MOVIES riffs on classic and cult cinema. Inspired by films from
silent-era documentaries to music videos, the authors unfold a dual
narrative about two boys growing up in the 1980s. Coming of age during
the last days of the Cold War, these boys dream of space exploration and
nuclear winter, Reaganomics and Dungeons & Dragons, Blade Runner and
Red Dawn. Haunting, cinematic, and full of life, OUR SECRET LIFE makes
it clear that we are in the movies and the movies are in us.
Wildly intelligent and deeply felt, OUR SECRET LIFE IN THE MOVIES gives
us a fascinating look at American life, shot through an insightful and
compassionate lens. After reading it, the world seems bigger. A
tremendous book.--Molly Antopol
Reading OUR SECRET LIFE IN THE MOVIES is like finding a lost frequency
on the AM dial. The voices you hear in this book are strange, hypnotic,
and intensely American.--Jim Gavin
A book of poignant and affecting beauty. Readers are presented with
characters who are losing their innocence in lockstep with the changing
nation they inhabit, and the end result is a book that provides great
insight into both who we are and how we got this way. A remarkable
achievement.--Skip Horack
A beautiful aftershock of the movies.--David Gordon Green
An intriguing, frequently affecting experiment that challenges its
readers to think anew about sharpening and refracting their memories of
both life and art.--Kirkus Reviews
Brilliant.
Ten books to read in November.--BBC.com
Indelibly wrought.
The Best Under-the-Radar Books for Fall: 8 Indie Novels and Stories to
Put on Your Reading List.--Vogue
A coauthored mash note to cinema classics.--The Paris Review Daily
