Bruce Wagner - AMPUTATION - Episode 357

Today on the show I welcome back Bruce Wagner. Bruce is one of my all-time favorite authors and he is here to talk about his latest novel AMPUTATION.

"AMPUTATION is the first novel to be written about the inferno that obliterated two Los Angeles cities in January of 2025. Major characters are comedian Stephen Colbert; Karen Bass; a Timothée Chalamet stunt double; a fiercely pro-Palestinian heiress and her Zionist father; disgraced Grey’s Anatomy writer Elisabeth Finch and a failed indie film producer—along with an assorted battalion of ordinary people, opportunists, and looters.

A fable drenched in hyperrealism, AMPUTATION is a burnt jewel box showcasing Wagner's transcendent, scabrously poetic powers as he explores the lives (and deaths) of the fire victims, and the consequences of dereliction, delusion, incompetence—and impermanence." (Source: Arcade Publishing)"

Thanks for listening!

Kyler

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Episode Links:

• Purchase AMPUTATION
• BruceWagner.la

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SLD Episodes with Bruce Wagner:

• Episode 273 - The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers
• Episode 84 - ROAR: American Master
• Episode 53 - The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories