Something New Under the Sun

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE A novelist discovers the dark side of Hollywood and reckons with ambition, corruption, and environmental collapse in a darkly satirical reflection of ecological reality (Time)LONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Vulture, Thrillist, Literary HubAn urgent novel about our very near future, and a deeply addictive pleasure. Katie Kitamura, author of IntimaciesNovelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Los Angeles to oversee the film adaptation of one of...

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Kleeman is a visionary writer . . . She s also very funny. These two qualities are shown to great effect here, as she turns her attention to the movie business, our looming climate crisis, corporate malfeasance and the Disney child star system. It s a brilliant, ambitious book. Refinery29

With nods to Beckett and Stoppard, Kleeman juxtaposes fiery doom with passages of sharp, absurdist dialogue and a sprinkle of one-liners reminiscent of Fleabag. Instyle

The varieties of emergency ecological, psychological, familial, medical are the half-hidden subject of Kleeman s novel, burning at the periphery of what begins as a modishly detached rollick through Hollywood and its empty promises. . . . It is a ghost

story not of the past but of the near future, a ghost story as alarm bell, one hard to leave in the realm of fiction. The New York Times

Kleeman s world is unsettled, but so is ours. And she leans into that unsettledness to create a world that is just a few notches more uncanny than our own, starkly making the absurdity of ours that much more clear. Nylon

Kleeman s great skill, and this novel s abiding triumph, is how seamlessly she blends the horrific with the mundanely troubling, the ridiculous or the impossible with the ordinarily absurd. LA Review of Books

Throughout, Kleeman writes expressively about place and the manifold ways our lives are shaped by our imperiled environment, foregrounding the slow-motion catastrophe of climate change and its attendant anxieties. Vulture

Because this is an Alexandra Kleeman novel, none of it goes where you think it s going to, but it s all so wildly entertaining and beautifully written that it really doesn t matter where you end up. Literary Hub

Written with tremendous verve and flair, Something New Under the Sun is both an urgent novel about our very near future and a deeply addictive pleasure. . . . Kleeman is a phenomenon, one of the most brilliant and gifted writers at work today. Katie Kitamura

Alexandra Kleeman expertly conjures California noir filtered through the ambient and not-so-ambient apocalypse. Emma Cline

A magnificent and stunning novel, by turns hilarious, satirical, moving, and so very, very much what we need in these uncertain times. Jeff VanderMeer

With this novel, Alexandra Kleeman confirms her place as one of the major writers of her generation. Reading it is like looking at a familiar room through warped glass: What you perceive is distorted and unsettling while remaining curiously beautiful. Esmé Weijun Wang

Something New Under the Sun is a richly rendered ecological novel, characterized not only by how it sets the landscape but also by the fact that the landscape is quite often allowed to run the show. Kleeman is at her very best here. This is a book I ll be thinking about for years to come. Kristen Arnett

Readers will be captivated by this intelligent, rip-roaring story. Publishers Weekly

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eBook, ePUB Patrick Hamlin leaves the east coast when his novel is turned into a film. This promises to be his big breakthrough, especially since Cassidy Carter is going to play the lead role. The young film and internet star is sure to attract a great audience. But from the start, Patrick has the sensation … Mehr Patrick Hamlin leaves the east coast when his novel is turned into a film. This promises to be his big breakthrough, especially since Cassidy Carter is going to play the lead role. The young film and internet star is sure to attract a great audience. But from the start, Patrick has the sensation that strange things are going on. First, the bunch of youngsters who should care for him but do not seem to have a clue about the job and also Brenda and Jay who hardly show an interest in the film they are about to produce. That life on the west coast differs from his eastern home does not surprise Patrick, yet the extent is astonishing since people heavily rely on a product called WAT-R instead of the ordinary water he knows. At the beginning, he is just annoyed by all the things which seem to go wrong and Cassidy’s diva attitude, however, after a couple of days, the hints that there is something really going on behind the scenes are hard to ignore anymore and thus, Patrick starts to investigate. Alexandra Kleeman‘s novel is the perfect read of the moment. Many people around the globe are unsure about what to believe and convinced that there is some kind of deep going conspiracy the ordinary people cannot see and therefore are just figures in a game without realising it. The ecological crisis with water shortage and raging wildfires in California is another aspect she cleverly incorporates into the plot. The reader, together with Patrick, tries to make sense of the things he experiences in California while his wife and daughter at home seems to have fallen prey to a strange cult which goes into the complete opposite rejecting all modern technology and focussing on basic needs and a reduced life on a farm outside town. While worrying about his family, Patrick cannot see clear and lacks support in his mixed feelings about the incidents on the film set. Cassidy is first presented in a way you would expect a young superstar to behave. However, her personality turns out to differ heavily from the public egocentric diva image thus revealing one of the few critically thinking and actually caring people. Even though the idea behind the plot is great and alluring, it was hard for me to really indulge in the novel. Yet, I liked Kleeman’s style of writing and will surely look out to read more of her. Weniger

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