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Royal Young
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Born
in New York City, The United States
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Influences
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June 2013
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FAME SHARK Audio Book
So excited FAME SHARK will soon be available internationally on Audible!! Morgan Freeman was unavailable, so I'll be rocking the recording studio myself
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Fame Shark
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published
2013
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4 editions
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“I grew up watching my father make plates that featured penises as centerpieces. Pink, proud, and stiff, encircled by cerulean Greek key, Dad’s creations made me feel scared and small. I saw a private part of the man I could not measure up to. At six years old, I lived in a world shaded by his ceramic glazes. There was love and color, but anger, too, in the way he kneaded his clay, palms pounding the rich, wet earth into shapes of his choosing.”
― Fame Shark
― Fame Shark
“Royal Young’s memoir is about a dreamer, set in the post- apocalyptic celebrity world of today, and Young, who grew up in New York — like Holden Caulfield if he wanted to be famous — is looking for adventure and action and becomes entangled in all sorts of romantic and sordid relationships. He points out the perplexing tragedy (and good fortune, I think) of what it means to be talented and rebellious, but not a celebrity.”
― The Astronaut Wives Club
― The Astronaut Wives Club
“Fame Shark is American Psycho meets Call It Sleep. A no-holds -barred saga of the extremes a human being can go to in his or her quest for attention. Young has the precocity and audacity of Shelley and the fearlessness of Philippe Petit.”
― Seven Days in Rio
― Seven Days in Rio
“I grew up watching my father make plates that featured penises as centerpieces. Pink, proud, and stiff, encircled by cerulean Greek key, Dad’s creations made me feel scared and small. I saw a private part of the man I could not measure up to. At six years old, I lived in a world shaded by his ceramic glazes. There was love and color, but anger, too, in the way he kneaded his clay, palms pounding the rich, wet earth into shapes of his choosing.”
― Fame Shark
― Fame Shark
“Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a mixture of humor, scathing honesty and tenderness. Much more than simply a book about a kid who dreams of stardom, Fame Shark is a thoughtful, hilarious and moving love letter to his family and the Lower East Side of New York City.”
― Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
― Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
“Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.”
― Everything Beautiful Began After
― Everything Beautiful Began After
