{"product_id":"9781250619471","title":"Dream Sequence : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDream Sequence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Adam Foulds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Foulds, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quickening Maze\u003c\/i\u003e, pens a stunning and terrifying vision of the damage done between a fan and a celebrity in \u003ci\u003eDream Sequence\u003c\/i\u003e—where the borders between inner and outer life have been made porous in a world full of flickering screens large and small.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry became famous starring in \u003ci\u003eThe Grange\u003c\/i\u003e, a television drama beloved by mothers and wives, and whose fans speak about the characters as though they were real people . . . yet Henry dreams of escaping the small screen. An audition for a movie directed by a highly respected Spanish auteur holds the promise of a way forward. Whether holed up in his apartment eating monkish meals of rice and steamed vegetables or snorting cocaine at desert parties in Doha, Henry’s awareness of his own image, of his relative place in the world, is acute and constant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Henry has also—unwittingly—become an important part of the life of recently divorced Kristin. He appears repeatedly on the television in her beautiful, empty Philadelphia house, and her social media feeds bring news of his London home, his family. What Kristin wants is simply to get as close to him in real life as she has in her fandom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The dream Adam Foulds weaves in this scintillating novel is gradually revealed, with grace and subtlety, to be \u003cb\u003ean especially timely form of waking nightmare\u003c\/b\u003e—but a nightmare so precise, and often beautiful, that one comes to prefer it, in some ways, to dull reality. \u003cb\u003eRead this book\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —John Wray, author of \u003ci\u003eGodsend \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDream Sequence \u003c\/i\u003esucceeds as a narrative thanks to Foulds's prose. He doesn't waste a single word, is frequently very \u003cb\u003efunny, insightful and surprising\u003c\/b\u003e. And he does a marvelous job of making us wonder who loves Henry the most, Kristin or Henry—and which of these possibilities is the \u003cb\u003emost alarming consequence of celebrity\u003c\/b\u003e.\"   —Julie Klam, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Foulds's novel is\u003cb\u003e fun, smart, and tense\u003c\/b\u003e, part\u003cb\u003e psychological drama\u003c\/b\u003e about media-driven obsession and part \u003cb\u003erazor-sharp social critique\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)      \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reminiscent of Ian McEwan's \u003ci\u003eEnduring Love\u003c\/i\u003e, this wryly observed story of a self-absorbed actor and a pathological fan documents the tragic consequences of a misguided love.\"   —Barbara Love, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adam Foulds’s fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eDream Sequence,\u003c\/i\u003e is an \u003cb\u003eexquisitely concocted\u003c\/b\u003e, riveting account of artistic ambition and unrequited love verging on obsession . . .   One finishes the book wishing the dream were longer.\" —Philip Womack, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written . . .  A novel about\u003cb\u003e loneliness and obsession\u003c\/b\u003e in contemporary life, set in\u003cb\u003e hotels and airports, sterile apartment blocks, gyms and yoga classes\u003c\/b\u003e.\" —Alice O'Keefe, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250619471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40715955142862,"sku":"9781250619471","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250619471","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}