Basement Of Wolves

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In this taut, beautifully layered novel by Lambda Literary and Ferro-Grumley Award finalist Daniel Allen Cox, protagonist Jaeven is a paranoid Hollywood actor who feels that fame has ruined him. When an art film shoot takes a turn for the worse, he disappears shortly before the premiere and barricades himself in a hotel where, away from the glare of the spotlight, he starts exploring the hotel's hidden passages with the help of a young skateboarder he befriends. Together they seek shelter from enemies both real and imagined.

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Cox has a punchy, darkly humorous style that embraces the profane, but is still probing and exciting. --Publishers Weekly

An intriguing fantasia of Hollywood noir. --Sarah Schulman

A slick, sexy tale about hunger, fame and the lives we live below the surface. Daniel Allen Cox dives deep into the private realms of celebrities and casualties to reveal our appetite for connection. --Brian Francis, author of Fruit and Natural Order

Cox's book is a fever dream of vivid colors and cool, shapely prose. --EDGE Media

Daniel Allen Cox's third novel ushers him into the literary realm of writers, not unlike Dennis Cooper, who tread fearlessly along the fringes of normalcy to deliver hardscrabble stories and their equally scabby characters, all unafraid of getting their hands dirty ... Cox takes L.A. fiction to new heights (and lows) in this intriguing slice of dark, enticingly gritty fringe fiction. --Bay Area Reporter

Author Bio

Daniel Allen Cox is the author of the novels Shuck (2008), shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award and a ReLit Award, and Krakow Melt (2010), shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction. Daniel has spoken and performed widely at literary festivals and universities.