Max in Hollywood, Baby - Hardcover

Kalman, Maira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670844799 ISBN 13: 9780670844791

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

Max the Parisian poet dog is commissioned to write and direct his first Hollywood feature film, so he and his bride, the dazzling dalmatian Cre+a3pes Suzette, embark on a trip to Tinseltown.

About this title

About the Author:

In her own words: "born. bucolic childhood. culture-stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married Tibor Kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. wrote and painted children's books. worried. took up Ping-Pong. relaxed. wrote and painted for many magazines.  cofounded the Rubber Band Society. amused. children: two. dog: one."

From Publishers Weekly:

Ordinarily, a dog's life isn't characterized by glamour, but Max Stravinsky, canine extraordinaire, runs with the in-crowd. Max, last sighted among the poodles and bulldogs of gay Paree in Ooh-la-la (Max in Love) , here continues his postmodern, exceedingly quirky adventures. This time he's in Tinseltown to pen a "sugar-smackin, rootin-tootin, high-spy, sci-fi . . . madcap musical mystery" script, and he gets star treatment--even coasting around in a limo chauffeured by the fabulously suave Ferrrnando stet Extra Debonnaire. Kalman takes artistic risks even beyond those of her earlier titles, freewheelingly experimenting with different styles, sizes and colors of type, and sometimes substituting cleverly manipulated chunks of text for illustrations. However, the romance and wonderment are absent, replaced by all-out hipness; Kalman doesn't attain the high standards she set in Ooh-la-la . Her oddball wit remains--who else would correlate "Film noir, Mel Blanc"--and Max is still cult-hero material, but this book will ultimately amuse adults more than kids. All ages.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0670844799
• ISBN 13: 9780670844791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40