The Spectators: A Novel
Jennifer duBois
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A shocking crime triggers a media firestorm for a controversial talk show host in this provocative novelâa story of redemption, a nostalgic portrait of New York City, and a searing indictment of our culture of spectacle.
One of the The New York Timesâs â10 Books to Watch for in Aprilâ âĸ âJennifer duBois is a brilliant writer.ââKaren Russell, author of Vampires in the Lemon GroveÂ
Talk show host Matthew Miller has made his fame by shining a spotlight on the most unlikely and bizarre secrets of society, exposing them on live television in front of millions of gawking viewers. However, the man behind The Mattie M Show remains a mysteryâboth to his enormous audience and to those who work alongside him every day. But when the high school students responsible for a mass shooting are found to be devoted fans, Mattie is thrust into the glare of public scrutiny, seen as the wry, detached herald of a culture going downhill and going way too far. Soon, the secrets of Mattieâs past as a brilliant young politician in a crime-ridden New York City begin to push their way to the surface.
In her most daring and multidimensional novel yet, Jennifer duBois vividly portrays the heyday of gay liberation in the seventies and the grip of the AIDS crisis in the eighties, alongside a backstage view of nineties television in an age of moral panic. DuBois explores an enigmatic manâs downfall through the perspectives of two spectatorsâCel, Mattieâs skeptical publicist, and Semi, the disillusioned lover from his past.Â
With wit, heart, and crackling intelligence, The Spectators examines the human capacity for reinventionâand forces us to ask ourselves what we choose to look at, and why.
Praise for The Spectators
With The Spectators, duBois is staking out larger literary territory. The new novel is full of small pleasures that accumulate as proof that this writer knows her stuff. . . . DuBoisâs mastery of . . . details earns our trust as she expands The Spectators into a billowing meditation on the responsibility of public figures to contribute something worthwhile to the culture. Although her book takes place decades ago, duBoisâs message has a contemporary urgency as well.ââThe New York Times
âHeart-rending and visceral . . . DuBoisâs language is dexterous, and her pacing impressive. . . . The Spectators is a treatise on the mediaâs power and a finely wrought example of intimate pain.ââUSA Today
One of the The New York Timesâs â10 Books to Watch for in Aprilâ âĸ âJennifer duBois is a brilliant writer.ââKaren Russell, author of Vampires in the Lemon GroveÂ
Talk show host Matthew Miller has made his fame by shining a spotlight on the most unlikely and bizarre secrets of society, exposing them on live television in front of millions of gawking viewers. However, the man behind The Mattie M Show remains a mysteryâboth to his enormous audience and to those who work alongside him every day. But when the high school students responsible for a mass shooting are found to be devoted fans, Mattie is thrust into the glare of public scrutiny, seen as the wry, detached herald of a culture going downhill and going way too far. Soon, the secrets of Mattieâs past as a brilliant young politician in a crime-ridden New York City begin to push their way to the surface.
In her most daring and multidimensional novel yet, Jennifer duBois vividly portrays the heyday of gay liberation in the seventies and the grip of the AIDS crisis in the eighties, alongside a backstage view of nineties television in an age of moral panic. DuBois explores an enigmatic manâs downfall through the perspectives of two spectatorsâCel, Mattieâs skeptical publicist, and Semi, the disillusioned lover from his past.Â
With wit, heart, and crackling intelligence, The Spectators examines the human capacity for reinventionâand forces us to ask ourselves what we choose to look at, and why.
Praise for The Spectators
With The Spectators, duBois is staking out larger literary territory. The new novel is full of small pleasures that accumulate as proof that this writer knows her stuff. . . . DuBoisâs mastery of . . . details earns our trust as she expands The Spectators into a billowing meditation on the responsibility of public figures to contribute something worthwhile to the culture. Although her book takes place decades ago, duBoisâs message has a contemporary urgency as well.ââThe New York Times
âHeart-rending and visceral . . . DuBoisâs language is dexterous, and her pacing impressive. . . . The Spectators is a treatise on the mediaâs power and a finely wrought example of intimate pain.ââUSA Today
A shocking crime triggers a media firestorm for a controversial talk show host in this provocative novelâa story of redemption, a nostalgic portrait of New York City, and a searing indictment of our culture of spectacle.
One of the The New York Timesâs â10 Books to Watch for in Aprilâ âĸ âJennife...
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Jennifer duBois is the author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. The National Book Foundation named her one of its 5 Under 35 authors. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was a finalist for the New York Public Libraryâs Young Lions Award. An alumna of the Iowa Writersâ Workshop and Stanford Universityâs Stegner Fellowship program, duBois is the recipient of a Whiting Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing grant. She teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University.
Jennifer duBois is the author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. The National Book Foundation named her one of its 5 Under 35 authors. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was a finalist for the New York Public Libraryâs Young Lions Award. An al...
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