The Chrysanthemum Palace

by Bruce Wagner

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"The New York Times Book Review" has compared Bruce Wagner's prose to 'some unholy combination of Rick Moody, Anthony Lane, and the gossip columnist Richard Johnson.' Now, this quintessential L.A. storyteller spins his most ambitious and moving novel to date: a philosophical, heartbreaking tale of three friends lost in a California dream gone mad. "The Chrysanthemum Palace" introduces one Bertie Krohn, the only child of Perry Krohn, creator of TV's longest running space opera, Starwatch. Bertie recounts the story of the last months in the lives of his two friends: Thad Michelet, author, actor, and son of a literary...Read more
  • ISBN10 0743243404
  • ISBN13 9780743243407
  • Publish Date 1 April 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 1 December 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 224
  • Language English