In and Oz: a Novel

Steve Tomasula is a novelist like no other; his experiments in narrative and design have won him a loyal following. Exemplifying Tomasula s style, "IN & OZ" is a heady, avant-garde book, rooted in convincing characters even as it simultaneously subverts the genre of novel and moves it forward. "IN & OZ" is a novel of art, love, and auto mechanics. The story follows five different characters an auto designer, photographer, musical composer, poet/sculptor, and mechanic who live in...
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Steve Tomasula is a novelist like no other; his experiments in narrative and design have won him a loyal following. Exemplifying Tomasula s style, "IN & OZ" is a heady, avant-garde book, rooted in convincing characters even as it simultaneously subverts the genre of novel and moves it forward.
"IN & OZ" is a novel of art, love, and auto mechanics. The story follows five different characters an auto designer, photographer, musical composer, poet/sculptor, and mechanic who live in two very different places: IN, a back-alley here and now; and OZ, which reflects the desire for somewhere better. The men and women who populate Tomasula s landscape desperately hope to fill a void in their lives through a variety of media: music, language, dirt, light, and automobiles. As the plot moves forward, the story of the residents of INand that of their counterparts in OZconverge. A fanciful allegory that tackles class relations, art, commerce, and language, "IN & OZ "is a tale of the human condition that is as visually compelling as it is moving.
A novel not only for fiction lovers, but also for artists of all stripes, "IN & OZ "creates a fantasy that illumines our own world as it lucidly builds its own. "