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Spider Boy: A Scenario for a Moving Picture
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HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781026001219
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Spider Boy is a sparkling satirical novel that captures the frantic, glittering world of 1920s Hollywood. The story follows Ambrose Deacon, a celebrated playwright who travels to the West Coast in an attempt to escape his own fame, only to find himself entangled in the chaotic mechanisms of the burgeoning motion picture industry. As he navigates a landscape populated by eccentric starlets, ambitious producers, and disillusioned writers, Deacon becomes the very center of the spectacle he hoped to avoid.
Carl Van Vechten's sharp wit and keen observations of the Jazz Age are on full display in this work. Though subtitled A Scenario for a Moving Picture, the narrative serves as a sophisticated critique of celebrity culture and the artifice of early cinema. The novel offers a vivid portrait of a transformative era in American entertainment, blending humor with a deep understanding of the literary and social shifts of the time. Readers will enjoy the lively prose and the timeless observations on the nature of stardom and the blurring lines between reality and fiction.
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