\u2014Lem Dobbs, writer of The Limey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAdam Novak has a merciless eye for a society in which striving replaces every consideration of morality.\u201d “The craziest goddamn thing I\u2019ve read in a long time.\u201d Alexander Payne, writer-director of Sideways<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA slit-wrist wit that invokes the best of Bruce Wagner with a sweetness in the dark corners that calls to mind the late, \u201cAlive with talent!” “A dark, unforgettable tour inside the Hollywood beast. Pursued by a deranged stalker, haunted by the serial killer from her past, KTLA weather girl Daisy Diaz signs up for a Valley screenwriting course to tackle her trauma on the page. But when her classmates turn up dead, Daisy falls for the divorced cop assigned to protect her from a B-list of suspects: the lunatic professor, his infamous class speakers, her violent ex- fianc\u00e9, the cable guy\u2026 until Daisy embraces her inner Final Girl to battle the apex predator in a town where dying is a good career move. \u201cNovak bites, chews, and spits out the hand that feeds him. The ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald nods in approval.\u201d\u2014Lem Dobbs, writer of The Limey \u201cAdam Novak has a merciless eye for a society in which striving replaces every consideration of morality.\u201dMichael Tolkin, author of The Player “The craziest goddamn thing I\u2019ve read in a long time.\u201d Alexander Payne, writer-director of Sideways \u201cA slit-wrist wit that invokes the best of Bruce Wagner with a sweetness in the dark corners that calls to mind the late,lamented John O\u2019Brien, but Novak\u2019s voice is all his own.\u201dJerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight \u201cAlive with talent!”R.M. Koster, author of The Dissertation “A dark, unforgettable…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/City-of-Wheels-Front-Cover-Only.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Michael Tolkin, author of The Player<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
lamented John O\u2019Brien, but Novak\u2019s voice is all his own.\u201d
Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
R.M. Koster, author of The Dissertation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Novak knows this world, and it shows.\u201d
D.B. Weiss, creator of HBO\u2019s Game of Throne<\/em>s<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/redgiantbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/City-of-Wheels-Front-Cover-Only.jpg\")
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