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Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the previous novel We’re So Famous; editor of the anthologies Don’t You Forget About Me:Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, Conversations with Jonathan Lethem, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from “Post Road” Magazine (with Mary Cotton) and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton). He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.A gripping, hypnotically written and unnerving look at the dark side of literary adulation. Jaime Clarke's novel is a cautionary tale for writers and readers alike - after finishing it, you may start to think that J.D. Salinger had the right idea after all.
Tom Perotta, Author of Election, Little Children and The Leftovers
Moving and edgy in just the right way. Love (or lack of) and Family (or lack of) is at the heart of this wonderfully obsessive novel.
Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story
Vernon Downs is a fascinating and sly tribute to a certain fascinating and sly writer, but this novel also perfectly captures the lonely distortions of a true obsession.
Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia
What makes Clarke's excellent novel stand out isn't just its rueful intelligence, but its startling sadness. Vernon Downs is first rate.
Matthew Specktor, author of American Dream Machine