Glen David Gold's first novel, "Carter Beats the Devil, "has been translated into fourteen languages. His short stories and essays have appeared in "McSweeney's, Playboy, "and "The New York Times Magazine." He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Alice Sebold.
"Unflaggingly entertaining . . . "Sunnyside "flaunts a dizzying
ambition. Thematically it's no less modest . . . Gold is a
prodigally gifted storyteller."
-"Newsweek
"
"Brilliant . . . "Sunnyside" offers a wealth of wit and pathos and
insight, and who better to guide us through this transformational
moment in history than the Little Tramp? . . . Gold's dexterous
voice can swing from the exuberant melodrama of silent film to the
terror of doomed soldiers to the quiet despair of the world's most
beloved man . . . There are so many dazzling episodes-in such a
wide variety of settings in so many different styles and tones-that
I began to think there was nothing Gold couldn't do . . . Most
important, he has figured out how to make Chaplin strut and feint
and dance in print . . . Gold captures [Chaplin] in scenes of rich
psychological acuity."
-"Washington Post
"
""Sunnyside" is a rich concoction of a novel, a melange of
historical fact, biographical speculation and outright fantasy . .
. Gold is a wizard at making things up and mixing them in with
things not made up . . . reinforcing the comparison to writers such
as E.L. Doctorow that his first novel elicited . . . "Sunnyside
"pops and crackles with cleverness . . . Undeniably
entertaining."
-"San Francisco Chronicle
"A breathless stupendous novel that recreates both a young brash
America on the verge of becoming itself, and Chaplin, one of its
most bewitching quixotic citizens. From lighthouse to Hollywood to
starlets to war to stardom to madness to genius Gold's startling
narrative carries us across the world and back. Gold proves himself
yet again to be the hungriest craftiest funniest and most humane
novelist we have."
-Junot Diaz
"
""Glen David Gold's Doctorow-esque "Sunnyside" brings young America
to vivid life as he weaves together European battlefields and the
backlots of Hollywood . . . Gold is a masterful, even
heart-stopping storyteller."
-"Entertainment Weekly
"
"A breathless stupendous novel that recreates both a young brash
America on the verge of becoming itself, and Chaplin, one of its
most bewitching quixotic citizens. From lighthouse to Hollywood to
starlets to war to stardom to madness to genius Gold's startling
narrative carries us across the world and back. Gold proves himself
yet again to be the hungriest craftiest funniest and most humane
novelist we have."
-Junot Diaz
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