A sensitive young man from the Midwest embarks on an often bumpy odyssey from worshipping pop culture to becoming a part of it as he searches for fame, fortune, and freedom in the bizarre and wacky worlds of New York and Los Angeles. By the author of I Am Not Myself These Days. A first novel. Original. 75,000 first printing. Determined to make his mark on the pop culture world, Jayson Blocher travels from his hometown in rural Wisconsin to New York to join a Broadway escort agency, and later to Hollywood to star in a sitcom. From the critically acclaimed author of I Am Not Myself These Days comes the very odd adventures of a starry-eyed young man from the Midwest seeking fame and fortune in the flamboyant surreality of New York, Los Angeles . . . and everywhere in between. Jayson Blocher is tired of worshiping pop culture; he wants to be part of it. So hes off, accompanied by an ever-changing cast of quirky extended family members, on an extremely bumpy journey from rural Wisconsin to a New York escort agency for Broadway chorus boys, to a Hollywood sitcom set. Somewhere out there his destiny awaits—along with the discovery of first love, some unusual coincidences, a kidnapping mystery . . . and the sobering truth that being Americas sweetheart can leave a very sour aftertaste.
