—Washington Post Book World
“The tone here … recalls the more good-natured novels of Evelyn Waugh. Greenland slows us down sometimes and makes us think about a plot in which the twists keep coming … readers will be seduced by the combination of narrative skill, speed and sharp-pointed wit.”
—Los Angeles Times
“One of the most entertaining and irreverently funny books of the year.”
—Curledup.com
“I have at long last read a new novel I wish I’d written … we are in the hands of a comic master … even if you are morality incarnate, you have a hard time keeping a straight face as Greenland serves up hilarious scene after hilarious scene.”
—Headbutler.com
“Sweet, sparkling, gorgeous. Cruel. Greenland writes masterfully about the underbelly of Los Angeles. The funniest, most interesting writer about the world’s weirdest city, Greenland shines brightly amongst his less-in-the-know peers.”
Copyright © 2008 by Seth Greenland
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Shining city: a novel / Seth Greenland. —1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-59691-504-6 (hardcover)
1. Single men-Fiction. 2. Escort services-Fiction. 3. Los Angeles (Calif.)-Fiction. I. Title.
PS3557. R3952S55 2008
813‘. 54-dc22
2007038069
This e-book edition published in 2011
E-book ISBN: 978-1-60819-650-0
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