ISBN: 1-887276-37-8
Trade paper US: $13.95
Can 18.95 - 179 pages
5 1/4 x 8
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The Great Wall of New York

by Kevin Bartelme

A new book from Cool Grove Press to buffer readers against the harsh realities of the coming elections with comic relief !

The Great Wall of New York by Kevin Bartelme is a contemporary comedy of manners. This fast paced drama, set in New York City today, is a fictional look at the wild side of the haute monde at its most ravenous. Prepare for a wildly comic, high-speed ride down the slippery slope of wealth and power in New York City.

"Like all great satirists, Kevin Bartelme has an unerring instinct for a perfect satiric subject - in this case, the preposterous, astonishing doings of the New York rich. But, also, like all great satirists, Bartelme can't resist his vastly overcompensated characters, and his interest in them - his tenderness toward them, even - makes The Great Wall of New York as real as it is surreal.
- Vijay Seshadri

"With prose so radioactive it glows in the dark, like Wyndham Lewis, Nathaniel West, and Terry Southern before him, Kevin Bartelme fine tunes his geiger counter to hunt down the peacock in the mineshaft of the vanities and flush it back out into the light of day!"
- Alan Jones

With the daily rash of exposures of unrepentant indictees, the motley cast of characters in this novel offers a funhouse mirror to current events and, come election season, people are going to need a good laugh.

The Great Wall of New York is available for serial or excerpting rights. The author will be reading in the NY metropolitan area and is available for radio and television interviews. Gracing the cover and title spread are two comical scenes from the The Great Wall of New York illustrated by well-known political cartoonist Robert Grossman whose work appears in The New York Observer, New York Times, The New Yorker and other major publications. The author and Mr. Grossman worked together to get just the right tone.

This is Kevin Bartelme's second published comic novel. His first, O'Rourke, another slopsink chronicle was published by Cool Grove Press, 2001. Writing with rambunctious wit about contemporary culture is his specialty. During the eighties he wrote a screenplay which went on to become an award winning television movie. A long time resident of New York city, Mr. Bartelme is currently completing his latest, a peek at the capricious state of our mainstream publishing industry (forthcoming: Cool Grove Press, Summer 2007).

Founded in 1999, Cool Grove Press, is a small (16 titles) and totally independent publisher based in Brooklyn. For the foreseeable future there will be three new titles a year. < 1. Title: The Great Wall of New York > < 2. Subject Category: Fiction, Humor > < 3. Author: Kevin Bartelme > < 4. ISBN: 1-887276-37-8 > < 5. Publication Date: Sept 30th 2006 > < 6. Format: Perfect bound (paper) with four- color cover > < 7. Page Count: 256 > < 8. Size: 5.25"X8" > < 9. Illustrations : Cover illustration and line drawing inside by political cartoonist Robert Grossman > < 10. Price: US $ 13.9 12. > < 11. Publisher: Cool Grove Press is an imprint of Cool Grove Publishing, Inc. New York. 512 Argyle Road, Brooklyn, 11218 > < 12. Distributors (non-exclusive)/Wholesalers: SPD, (west coast), Symposium (New England), Baker& Taylor Books, Ingram, Quality Books, Brodart and others> < 13. Contact: Tej Hazarika - Email: tej@coolgrove.com - Phone or Fax: (718) 287 7221 or call (646) 287 0225 - http://www.coolgrove.com >