Chicken [Paperback]

Set in lesser known parts of Los Angeles,Chickenuproariously, grievously, relates the collision and inevitably ruinous paths of two incendiary figures. One is the once beautiful and famous Parnell Wilde, a maverick actor arrogant in his orgiastic fall. The other is Annabel Wrath, a much younger, idiosyncratic cult filmmaker with contradictory motives for seeking the older man out.

The two are profoundly altered by their meeting and its unlikely denouement and manage to wrest each other, however briefly, from their dizzying spirals of decline. But when Parnell is offered the chance to perform in the sequel toUltraviolence, the feature film that made him famous, and to work again with its brilliant but merciless director, he and Annabel are forced to confront their demons as the extreme and fleeting world of fame threatens to divide them.

REVIEW COPIES:

• Publishers Weekly
• Booklist
• Kirkus Reviews

A COMPANION TO THE CRITICALLY LAUDEDWHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?:

• Lynn Crosbies last novel,Where Did You Sleep Last Night?was released to rave reviews (including a starred review inPublishers Weekly), and in many waysChickenpicks up the themes of love, power, desire, and devastation contributed toWhere Did You Sleep Last Night?s critical appeal. The LA setting and sensuous, dreamlike narrative is also very similar to Eve BabitzsSex and Rage, which was recently reissued to incredible fanfare.

LYNN CROSBIES CULT FOLLOWING:

• Crosbie has an international fanbase of artists, authors, and readers who admire her writing and explosive personality. She writes in the confessional tradition of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath and has received prlă•