Following his New York Times Best-selling “I Am Not Myself These Days,” Kilmer-Purcell returns with his hilarious fiction debut: “Candy Everybody Wants.” Set in the early 1980’s, the novel follows a starry-eyed gay teenager from Wisconsin to New York to Hollywood as he chases his dreams of celebrity. Surrounded by a quirky cast of family and friends, his chaotic journey teaches him that becoming America's sweetheart can sometimes leave a very bitter aftertaste.
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“Candy Everybody Wants”:
"A balls out joy ride through eighties pop culture that enlightens as much as it exhilarates. As always, Kilmer-Purcell's astringent wit is nicely tempered by his obvious sympathy for human frailty."
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
author of TALES OF THE CITY
"Josh Kilmer-Purcell is funny funny funny, one of the funniest young writers in America. In Candy Everybody Wants, he trains his insightfully sardonic eye on the world of 80’s pop culture, showing the roots that made us a nation of Britneys, American Idols, and Obamamaniacs."
James Frey
Dr. Drew Pinsky, author of The Mirror Effect
"Josh Kilmer-Purcell has created rich and memorable characters that emerge from the tumultuous landscape of the 1970’s. Jayson Blocher is the Holder Caufield for a new generation who is thrust in to a Little Miss Sunshine family in the early 1980’s."
Dr. Drew Pinsky
"A genuine comic novel filled with big laughs, Candy Everybody Wants is entertainingly out-of-left-field yet remains rooted in reality. With his second book, Kilmer-Purcell has avoided the dreaded sophomore slump. We can’t wait to see what he’ll come up with next."
Myspace.com editorial review
“ [Kilmer-Purcell] transitions from non-fiction to fiction with remarkable ease, retaining his acid wit, flair for the improbable and ability to endow characters with formidable doses of élan and spunk.”
Dallas Voice
“Kilmer-Purcell’s latest work, Candy Everybody Wants, is his first novel. It’s about an adolescent Midwesterner, Jayson Blocher, who dreams one day of making it in Hollywood. The result is just as funny and engaging as his previous work, and a telltale sign of his future success as a novelist.”
Edge Boston
“The sparkle continues...”
Hipster Book Club
