Several months later Hondorp and Hendricks begin to receive random, intermittent postcards from Golk, which both pique curiosity and guilt. Golk has made—a late postcard explains that “golk” means “fool”—of all those around him fools, those whom he used, and those whom he exploited. Through a devastating series of exposures-'You're on Camera'-Golk manipulates the high and mighty, the lowdown and dirty, and the outrageous weird; all are within the compass of Richard Stern in this early novel, a comedy with as many inspired maneuvers as its rambunctious protagonist has for taking the measure of a profligate world. Television has little to do initially with the portrait that Stern paints of his central protagonist, the 38-year-old perpetual student Hondorp, whose life at the novel’s start consists only of roaming the streets of New York, observing, mingling with people, passing time till he can go home to his father’s apartment in Manhattan—where, after dinner, he reads, and his father languishes in front of the tv till he sleeps—and then begin again his aimless routine all over the next day. Through a devastating series of exposures—"You’re on Camera"—Golk manipulates the high and mighty, the lowdown and dirty, and the outrageous weird; all are within the compass of Richard Stern in this early novel, a comedy with as many inspired maneuvers as its rambunctious protagonist has for taking the measure of a profligate world.

In midcentury America, one man is determined to take over the airwaves with a program as audacious as it is entertaining. People were willing to become golks, for it was an entrée into celebrity, an exalted realm above the activities of the mere scrabblers in life.The carpet itself is made from top automotive quality carpet with all the necessary holes and slots already cut to make life easy for you to fit. We have therefore developed this carpet set around our own new soundproofing kit which when fitted correctly will give you a great result and would recommend all new carpets are fitted with a Newton Commercial underfelt. Attraverso questa figura e il programma che con essa si identifica Richard Stern propone una riflessione sulla vanità, sugli eccessi dell'esposizione mediatica e della fama, sulla trasformazione dell'industria dell'intrattenimento negli anni in cui aveva appena iniziato ad affermarsi con la tv e sul rapporto fra realtà e artificio. He is drawn to Elaine Hendricks, a mid-20-ish divorcee who comes from money, and whose peripatetic past included a wealthy and abusive husband. Golk è il direttore della più moderna trasmissione televisiva, il demiurgo di un mondo che corrisponde all'immagine di esso che filtra attraverso gli schermi, colui che ha reso il cittadino comune protagonista di un grande show.

They salute one another from afar, but Hondorp is quickly back on his way to Chicago, certain that he will never aspire to anything again. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. Golk manipulates the high and mighty, the lowdown and dirty, and the outrageous weird; all are within the compass of Richard Stern in this early novel, a comedy with as many inspired maneuvers as its rambunctious protagonist has for taking the measure of a profligate world. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. II Golf 3 door saloon, as you can see from the photograph here we have been able to mould the original shapes of the carpet from our donor car. It is midcentury America, the golden age of television, and a man named Golk is wreaking havoc with the medium. Richard Stern, professor of English at the University of Chicago, is the author of many works of fiction, including Other Men's Daughters, Natural Shocks, and the recent, much-acclaimed A Father's Words. Hondorp and Hendricks cavalierly decide to marry after they have successfully scaled back the show to the network’s satisfaction.

The more combative the personality, the better the joke, and to help trap his victims Golk enlists a team of misfits, including Herbert Hondorp, a scholarly layabout turned photogenic decoy, and Jeanine Hendricks, a twenty-three-old debutante with a bitter worldview.Golk is a rich and marvelously detailed novel by a man with a cultivated intelligence; it is also the first really good book I have read about television. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Between 1966 and 2003, in the United States, Golk life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1978, and highest in 1989. Dust jacket designed by Jozef Gross] Dust jacket bright, fairly worn and rubbed with a number of small nicks tears and creases, front joint with inside flap is completely torn, now secured in a removable archival sleeve; Boards firm and clean, corners sharp, black titles; Internally clean, no ownership mark or annotation, light toning to the endpapers; Binding firm.