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Nicholas Christopher is the author of six novels, The Soloist, Veronica, A Trip to the Stars, Franklin Flyer, The Bestiary, and Tiger Rag; eight books of poetry, On Tour with Rita, A Short History of the Island of Butterflies, Desperate Characters- A Novella in Verse, In the Year of the Comet, 5 ̊, The Creation of the Night Sky, Atomic Field, and Crossing the Equator- New & Selected Poems, 1972-2004; a nonfiction book, Somewhere in the Night- Film Noir & the American City; and a novel for children, The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen. He lives in New York City.
There is an imaginative verve in Christopher's storytelling, which takes the plot on several unexpected turns... The depiction of the world of a virtuoso performer--the tensions and doubts, the rigor and intensive self-scrutiny--ultimately provides Christopher with a potent metaphor for dealing with questions of authenticity and sincerity, intimacy, love, and eroticism. Through this metaphor, the novel achieves a depth and poignancy.
