Megastar Jonny Valentine, eleven-year-old icon of bubblegum-pop, knows that the fans don?t love him for who he is. His image, his voice, and even his hairdo have been packaged?by his LA label and by his hard-partying manager-mother?into bite-size pieces for easy digestion, sliding down the gullet of mass culture, the biggest appeal to the widest demographic. But inside the relentless marketing machine, somewhere, is still a little boy, devoted to his mother and determined to find his absent father among the countless, faceless fans. Isn?t there?
A twisted, brilliant, and viciously funny coming-of-age story set inside corporate arenas and luxury hotel suites, Teddy Wayne?s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine explores with devastating clarity the underbelly of fame in twenty-first century America?s celebrity culture, told through the eyes of one of the most unforgettable child narrators.
