Resentment: a Comedy

Commendation Quotes: Gary Indiana's writing remains filled with so much venomous aggression that it is almost easier to ignore the flood of compassion bubbling up beneath it. ... He is, I think, one of the most woefully underappreciated writers of the last 30 years. Commendation Quotes: One reads Mr. Indiana's new work with astonishment at his talent, and astonishment at the absurdist bleakness of his vision. Commendation Quotes: Gary Indiana is a fearless and valuable writer, willing to recount anything human beings are capable of with a kind of angry compassion and a spritz of disgust. Publisher Marketing: Originally published in 1997, "Resentment" was the first in Gary Indiana's now-classic trilogy (followed in 1999 by "Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story" and in 2003 by "Depraved Indifference") chronicling the more-or-less permanent state of "depraved indifference" that characterized American life at the millennium's end. In "Resentment," Seth, a New York--based writer arrives in Los Angeles (where he has history and friends) in mid-August, 1994, to observe what will become the marathon parricide trial of the wealthy, athletic, and troubled Martinez brothers, broadcast live every day on Court TV. Still reeling from the end of his obsessive courtship of a young SoHo artist/waiter, Seth moves between a room at the Chateau Marmont and a Mount Washington shack owned by his old cab-driving, ex-Marxist friend, Jack, while he writes a profile of Teddy Wade -- one of the era's hottest young actors, who has "dared" to star as a gay character in a new Hollywood film. Studded throughout with scathing satirical portraits of media figures, other writers, and the Martinez trial teams, "Resentment "captures an era that seems, two decades later, at once grotesque, familiar, and a precursor to our own. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/1997 pg. 60 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/19/1997 pg. 63 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/15/1997 pg. 97 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) New York Times 09/21/1997 pg. 25 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1997 pg. 824 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/01/1997 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Library Journal 06/15/1997 (EAN 9780385484299, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Indiana, Gary Described by Christian Lorenzen of the "London Review of Books "as one of the most brilliant critics working in America today, Gary Indiana is the author of seven novels, including "Three Month Fever", "Depraved Indifference", "Rent Boy", " "and "Horse Crazy". His nonfiction books include "Let It Bleed", " The Schwarzenegger Syndrome", and "Utopia's Debris". " I Can Give You Anything But Love", his first (and only) memoir, was published recently by Rizzoli. New editions of "Depraved Indifference" and "Three Month Fever", volumes two and three of his crime trilogy, are forthcoming from Semiotext(e). Contributor Bio:  Jeppesen, Travis Travis Jeppesen (born September 4, 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American novelist, poet, and art critic. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to New York City at the age of 17. He received his B. A. from Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research (now The New School), where he studied literature and philosophy. Among his professors at the New School were the philosopher Paul Edwards and writers Lynda Schor and Sekou Sundiata. He later studied literary translation at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle and art history at the Open University. Bruce Benderson became his mentor. In 2001, Jeppesen moved to Europe. He currently divides his time between Berlin and Prague, where he edits the literary journal BLATT. Jeppesen's first novel, VICTIMS, was selected by Dennis Cooper to debut his "Little House on the Bowery" series for Akashic Books in 2003. POEMS I WROTE WHILE WATCHING TV, a collaboration with painter Jeremiah Palecek, was published by BLATT Books in 2006. The next year, Twisted Spoon Press published Jeppesen's novel, WOLF AT THE DOOR. He is also the author of DISORIENTATIONS: ART ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONTEMPORARY and a second poetry collection, DICKLUNG & OTHERS. Contributor Bio:  McGrath, Patrick Patrick McGrath (Philadelphia, PA) is an independent producer and a faculty member at the Art Institute of Philadelphia where he teaches video production and post. His recent projects have included segments for Lifetime cable, over 90 live concert performances, and commercials. Contributor Bio:  Kraus, Chris Chris Kraus is the author of the novels "Aliens and Anorexia, I Love Dick", and " Summer of Hat"e as well as "Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness "and " Where Art Belongs", all published by Semiotext(e). A Professor of Writing at the European Graduate School, she writes for various magazines and lives in Los Angeles. Contributor Bio:  McGrath, Patrick Patrick McGrath (Philadelphia, PA) is an independent producer and a faculty member at the Art Institute of Philadelphia where he teaches video production and post. His recent projects have included segments for Lifetime cable, over 90 live concert performances, and commercials.