Wagner makes Bret Easton Ellis look like Charles Dickens.
The novels of Bruce Wagner have carved out a small but firm niche as portraits of anomie amongst the monied set of Los Angeles. The former is a story of triumph, the latter is a story of survival, but in circumstances that constitite triumph.Ī different kind of non-fiction of some local as well as environmental interest is Death at Sea World by David Kirby, which starts with the death of Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau and broadens into an inquiry into the costs of infantilizing huge, emotionally complex mammals for the entertainment of tourists.
Conversely, The Long Walk is Brian Castner’s story of his three tours of duty in the Mideast as a bomb disposal officer. Memoirs offer up two contrasting alternatives: Marcus Samuelsson’s Yes, Chef is the story of his rise from Ethiopia to the status of a world-renowned chef.
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