THE TROUBLE BOY - TOM DOLBY - OHLALA INTERVIEW
Tom Dolby's (www.tomdolby.com) debut novel The Trouble Boy, now out in paperback, is a gay Bright Lights, Big City, the tale of a young man's first year in New York after college. It's a juicy story, complete with sex, nightlife, drama, and as the San Francisco Chronicle notes, a main character whose "egocentrism is counterbalanced by relentless charm and earnestness." For his Virtual Book Tour (www.virtualbooktour.org) today, Tom will be visiting eleven different websites. Here is our OH LA LA interview with Tom Dolby (photo on the left):
Obsessions
TD: Sexy Parisian men! I did spend some time in Paris recently and it inspired me in the writing of my next novel. My obsessions fuel my writing: living in New York for three years and experiencing its highs and lows motivated me to write about a young man and his misadventures in the city in The Trouble Boy.
Handwriting
TD: Loopy, forward-thinking, creative, expansive. I think I've signed several thousand copies of my book by now, so I know my autograph well!
Locality
TD: I live in New York, in the West Village. Except for Paris, sitting in the tea room at Mariage Freres in the Marais, I can't think of any better place to be.
Attitude
TD: Inquisitive, funny, wry. Both romantic and pragmatic. Sometimes cynical, often optimistic.
Latitude
TD: I like the definition of this word that means "freedom of choice." Too often in America today, we're finding it threatened.
Amour
TD: Like Toby, the main character in The Trouble Boy, I love being in love. There's nothing better than it in the world.
Merci Tom you on your time, and for revealing a part of you to our readers.
Tom Dolby was born in London and grew up in San Francisco. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Time Out New York, and Out magazine, and he is the author of the downtown guidebook CityTripping New York. He lives in New York City, and is currently working on his second novel, which takes place at a boarding school.
If that's the author in the picture, I'm sure I'll love more than his book !
By the way: reviews of it are all good.
Posted by: Xman | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 08:57 AM