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Books by Jonathan Elston
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Jonathan Elston lives in the Astoria neighborhood of Brooklyn. His most recent novel, the comic whirlwind Death in Genoa, won him Stilla, Kress, and Jeffersonian awards for humor. His follow-up, Salt Air, was published in April of 2007.
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Salt Air by Jonathan Elston
A pitch-black satire of Hollywood centered around a poor screenwriter night-managing a seedy motel. He attempts to exploit his grade-Z industry contacts to rise up and accomplish something none of his business associates have done before: make a good film. |
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Death in Genoa by Jonathan Elston
When his wife's sudden death leads an alcoholic writer to join a support group for necrophiliacs, he finds himself giving in to impulses he has never even thought about before. Jonathan Elston uses this story as a jumping-off point to satirize an underworld of sexual fetishism and loose morals. |
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Tripwire by Jonathan Elston
Staying in an isolated cabin, a recent divorcée and her daughter are kidnapped and tortured by a seemingly friendly yuppie couple. Will they stand up to their captors, or will they remain victims? |
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She Be Dangerous by Jonathan Elston
A leather-clad, motorcycle-driving assassin blasts through the Utah desert after a rough hit in Portland's Chinatown. In the tiny town of Wain, she quickly discovers that perhaps Chinese gangsters and urban hoodlums were the least of her problems... |
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