Death by Sunshine by Allison Burnett

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Signed copies of The House Beautiful
are available from the author.

Christopher: A Tale of Seduction, Allison Burnett, Broadway Books: 260 pp

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Reading

Allison Burnett reads from Death by Sunshine
at Lit.Crawl 2

Reviews

"...Death by Sunshine is a showcase for the irrepressible Troop, full of naughty humor, absurd misadventures, and playful allusions to everyone from Laurence Sterne to Henry James. But the story has real depth as well, in the end serving as a moving, tragicomic meditation on how being open to the possibility of love can redeem even the worst humiliations and failures."
- Robin Russin, Los Angeles Review of Books

"Like Truman Capote, Allison Burnett knows how to pull up a chair and whisper a juicy story into his lucky reader's ear. Death By Sunshine is a quickly-paced tale inhabited by fascinating and funny creatures."
- Nell Scovell, Vanity Fair

"In this age when the genuine comic novel seems to be an extinct species, Allison Burnett gives us reason to rejoice. Death By Sunshine is a return trip to the world of B.K. Troop, one of the most appealing characters ever put on a page."
- Charles Busch, author of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and Die, Mommie, Die!

"Death by Sunshine is classic Burnett: hilarious, gut-wrenching, and entirely entertaining. He takes us on a journey across the country into the darkest recesses of the human psyche – with a few detours into the excesses of the human flesh along the way. A terrific read!"
- Claire LaZebnik, author of Epic Fail and Families and Other Non-Returnable Gifts

"B.K. Troop is that rarest find: an unexpected and entirely engaging new character."
- Seduced by a Literary Original by Robin Russin, Los Angeles Times

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Essay

B.K. Troop and I
by Allison Burnett
Huffington Post, November, 2011

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Author's Comments

In Death By Sunshine, fat, bald, drunk, erudite, witty B.K. Troop is lured to Los Angeles for a film deal.

That's all I will say about the plot, except that the book is, I hope, gripping, hilarious, painfully honest about Hollywood, and, ultimately, quite poignant.

I should mention that DBS is the first publication of a new and exciting publishing company called Writer's Tribe Books. Check out their website.

Eventually they will publish all three BK Troop novels.....

Thanks so much!

Allison