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In the tradition of Less Than Zero and Bright Lights, Big City, Tom Dolby has written a searing debut novel about going after your dreams without losing yourself in the process. Powerfully written and keenly felt, The Trouble Boy heralds an exciting new voice in fiction.
At twenty-two, Toby Griffin wants it all--fame, fortune, an Oscar-winning screenplay, and a good-looking boyfriend by his side. For now, what he's got is a freelance writing job at a tanking online magazine, a walk-up sublet in the East Village, and "the boys," a young posse of preppy Upper East Siders with a taste for high fashion, top-shelf liquor, and other men.
For Toby, downing vodka cranberries and falling in and out of lust with a series of guys he knows as Subway Boy, Loft Boy, and Goth Boy is getting old. So is being pursued by his best friend Jamie while secretly desiring his co-worker Donovan, a sexual adventurer who seems intent on conducting his own personal Kinsey Report in bedrooms across the city. That all changes when Toby gets the chance of a lifetime, working as a personal assistant to hip, ruthless film mogul Cameron Cole. Picking up Cameron's steamed veggies and typing up his memos is Toby's entrée to the big time, catapulting him into a dizzying crowd of celebrities and power makers. Suddenly he's swilling champagne with scenesters like publicist Ariana Richards, Hollywood bombshell Jordan Gardner, and club performer Lola Copacabana. In this decadent, drug-fueled world of VIP lounges, endless networking, and relentless hype, Toby discovers that nothing is what it seems and that anything and anyone can be spun into PR gold. Though he's making friends with all the right people, Toby realizes that succeeding in Manhattan isn't as easy as he thought--until the one tragic night that changes his future forever and puts him in a position of power he never could have imagined.
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