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The Rebel: A Novel
The Rebel: A Novel
The Rebel: A Novel
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With The Rebel, acclaimed award-winning author Jack Dann pulls James Dean from the twisted wreckage and offers him a second chance to make an indelible mark on his art, his culture, and his time in an era of profound change and devastating social upheaval.

Surviving the horrific crash that leaves him permanently scarred, both physically and emotionally, the haunted, brooding, and complex young star finds himself charged with a feeling of responsibility to do "something wonderful and important." Yet for Jimmy Dean, the glory road will be winding and broken, littered with the detritus of exploded dreams and destroyed love, as it passes through the holiest cultural sites of postwar twentieth-century America -- the genius-and-drug pumped world of the Beats, the protected inner sanctum of Graceland, the darkest shadows of Camelot. The lives and futures of Kerouac, Sinatra, Elvis, and the Kennedys will all be touched by him -- yet perhaps none so deeply as the fragile sex goddess who will always be his greatest burden and true soul mate, a dazzling and tragically lost phenomenon named Marilyn -- as he moves toward an astonishing destiny that will reconfigure the world.

Ingeniously blending historical fact with brilliant invention, The Rebel is a hip, fast, and mesmerizing ride through the fifties and sixties -- an unforgettable road trip across a nation with an American legend at the wheel.

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Release dateMar 17, 2009
ISBN9780061882036
The Rebel: A Novel
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Jack Dann

Jack Dann is a multiple award-winning author and editor with over seventy books to his credit, including The Man Who Melted, The Silent, The Rebel and the international bestseller The Memory Cathedral. Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack and his partner, Dr Janeen Webb, was the benchmark by which other anthologies are measured, and the book was a winner of the World Fantasy Award in 1999. Jack Dann lives in Melbourne and ‘commutes’ back and forth to Los Angeles and New York. His website is www.jackdann.com

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