Henry Bean w/Greil Marcus In Store  Event For THE NENOQUICH

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore

Join noted screen writer Henry Bean @ Mrs. Dalloway's when he presents his book  THE NENOQUICH, in discussion w/Berkeley author Greil Marcus

Mrs Dalloway's

F﻿amed screen writer Henry Bean visits Mrs. Dalloway&#x27;s Bookstore on Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:00 PM to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his book The Nenoquich. Henry Bean will be joined in discussion by noted Berkeley author Greil Marcus.Originally published in 1982 under the title False Match, and long out of print, The Nenoquich is an unsparing, painful, and often very funny story of fading illusions. Long held as &quot;The Great Berkeley Novel&quot;, Bean&#x27;s book captures a generation at sea, and a seducer out of his depth. This edition includes a new preface by the author.<a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781946022622" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">C﻿lick here</a> to preorder a copy of The Nenoquich. An unsung masterpiece squatting in the ashes of the sixties, The Nenoquich is the diary of a seducer hammering on the walls of his own loneliness.One day, eavesdropping on a phone call, Harold Raab, a writer with nothing to write, hears his roommate refer intriguingly to a woman Harold has never met. Curiosity leads to obsession and to an affair with the married Charlotte Cobin, all of which Harold faithfully records in the notebook that becomes his deeper obsession. As the relationship with Charlotte complicates and darkens, Harold’s poisons emerge. He’s discovered a subject he can write about, but now reveals himself as someone whose intelligence, wit, and sexual delirium mask a terror of human connection. Adrift in the ruins of 1970s Berkeley, he is—like the dark hero of a nineteenth century romance—disastrously unprepared for actual love, and even for life.“A profound and disturbing riff on the solipsistic confusion between art and life; at the same time an exacting portrait of a moment when a counterculture’s illusions are being laid bare. I’ve never been able to pick it up without being swept again, by its unique descriptive velocity and attitude, to the cataclysm of its finish. Under any title, a masterwork.” — Jonathan LethemHENRY BEAN&#x27;S screenplays include Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, and Basic Instinct 2. He wrote and directed the films The Believer and Noise, and collaborated with Chantal Akerman on several of her films. He has written for K Street (HBO) and The OA (Netflix). He has published short fiction in McSweeney’s, Black Clock, and other places. The Nenoquich remains his only novel.GREIL MARCUS is the author of Mystery Train (1975) and Lipstck Traces (1989). His most recent books include The History of Rock &#x27;n&#x27; Roll in Ten Songs (2014), Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby (2020), and Folk Music (2022).THIS EVENT is free but pre-registration is required. Registration ends at 4:30 pm on AUGUST 2ND.BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.P﻿LEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.O﻿UR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

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