Everyone and No One

by Mark Jacobson

In this magical jet-fueled saga, a Hollywood actor is granted a new face--and gets more than he bargained for. By virtue of his unique face, Taylor Powell is the greatest lover in Hollywood history.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679456562
• ISBN13: 9780679456568
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Truly a joy to read!

Man, this guy can write. Like Barthes, Gaddis, Pynchon, Moody, Mark Jacobson is a writer in love with words. Long known as one of the best and most poignant stylists in the magazine business--Esquire, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, NY Times Magazine--Jacobson is an impassionned and supremely talented novelist. Plus, this book is thought provoking and funny. I am waiting for the movie to this one. Read it and laugh out loud about once per page.

Great book -- and a must read for other writers.

I am not a sci-fi fan, but this is an extremely compelling book -- and the first chapter is a perfect example of where literature could go in the years ahead if enough authors had that kind of talent and uniqueness of voice. Every writer and aspiring writer should read that first chapter. Every word counts and every word is perfectly chosen. The sparse, original speed-of-light tone can't be sustained as the book unfolds -- the supernatural aspects of the plot make avoiding cliches a challenge -- but the central character is so compelling that it is very difficult to put the book down or get it out of your head. I just read it straight through. The author's choices in what unfolds next in the plot are often beautiful and unexpected. These touches more than make up for the inevitably comic bookish excesses of all plots that involve the potential end of the earth. As an author myself, I am a tough critic and slam a lot of books. Not this one: it is well worth reading for style, dialogue, voice and more. It deserves far more attention than it has gotten. Must have made some Hollywood people nervous.... I congratulate the author on a difficult job well done.