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An intimate portrait of a marriage intertwined with a meditation on reality TV that reveals surprising connections and the meaning of an authentic life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.In Lucas Mann's trademark vein--fiercely intelligent, self-deprecating, brilliantly observed, idiosyncratic, personal, funny, and infuriating--Captive Audience is an appreciation of reality television wrapped inside a love letter to his wife, with whom he shares the guilty pleasure of watching "real" people bare their souls in search of celebrity. Captive Audience resides at the intersection of popular culture with the personal; the exhibitionist impulse, with the schadenfreude of the vicarious, and in confronting some of our most suspect impulses achieves a heightened sense of what it means to live an authentic life and what it means to love a person.
About the Author
Lucas Mann is the author of Lord Fear: A Memoir, which was named one of the best books of 2015 by The Miami Herald, Kirkus Reviews, Paper Magazine, and Oprah.com, as well as Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere, a 2013 Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. His essays and stories have appeared in Guernica, The Kenyon Review, BuzzFeed, Slate, and TriQuarterly, among others. He earned his M.F.A. from The University of Iowa, and currently lives in Providence, RI, with his wife.
