TELEVISION Walks the Tightrope Between Reality and Performance

In Television, Lauren Rothery’s debut novel, the narrative switches between the interior monologues of Hollywood hopefuls, mainly Verity and Helen. Forever friends, sometimes lovers, they come to Los Angeles separately but for the same reason: to escape from somewhere else. Hollywood, however, is not sentimental about origins; it is a sorting machine. Some make it. […] The post TELEVISION Walks the Tightrope Between Reality and Performance appeared first on Electric Literature .

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