{"product_id":"the-exile-paperback-3","title":"The Exile - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Kotzwinkle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"psychological mind bender,\" a Kafkaesque crisis of identity transports a famous actor from 1980s Hollywood to Nazi Germany (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At forty-five, Hollywood film star David Caspian should be basking in his success. Instead, his career is souring as he stresses over the next generation of actors eager to replace him. Losing himself in waking fantasies, David slips through a crack in time, awakening in the back alleys of Hitler's Berlin. He is no longer David Caspian. He has become Felix, a ruthless black marketeer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the Gestapo closing in on him, David races against time--and space--as he fights to take control of Felix before Felix takes control of him. Witty, macabre, and utterly thrilling, \u003ci\u003eThe Exile \u003c\/i\u003eis a mesmerizing novel that will leave readers wondering where reality ends and fiction begins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003ewrote that when William Kotzwinkle \"is the author, readers can be sure only that the book in question will be different from everything else.\" But even among the award-winning author's work, this bracing satire stands out for the sweep of its vision, full of \"comedy, despair, horror and technical storytelling delight\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The book becomes glued to the reader's hands as the devastating climactic scenes pile one on another. . . . Powerful writing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Kotzwinkle is a novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Kotzwinkle won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for DOCTOR RAT in 1977, and he has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKotzwinkle wrote the novelization of the screenplay for E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) and also wrote an original follow-up novel E. T. THE BOOK OF THE GREEN PLANET )1985). Among his most popular titles are a series of children's books featuring the title character of the first book in the series, WALTER THE FARTING DOG (2001). To date, there are six titles in the series. Starting with the third book in the series, Kotzwinkle's wife, Elizabeth Gundy is listed a co-author on the titles.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260657320185,"sku":"9781497638358","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1tLs-3rUXl9781497638358.webp?v=1768789444","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-exile-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}