Intellectual Annihilation

Actress Andrea Maitland, a highly successful star of family films, accepts the lead role in an art movie as one half of a lesbian couple. After she signs the contract she learns of a disturbing hidden expectation concerning her part in the film. Also she will enter her co-star’s life and body in ways that will defy rational explanation. Enthusiasts of surrealist films by Luis Buñuel (The Exterminating Angel, Diary of a Chambermaid, Belle de Jour and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive) and Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain and Santa Sangre) should find a lot to enjoy in this novel.