The Misread City: Eric Puchner and the California Dream

MY L.A. TIMES colleague, Scott Timberg posts today on his blog, "The Misread City", about young L.A. author, Eric Puchner and his new book, Model Home.

Here'a link to Timberg's post, The Misread City: Eric Puchner and the California Dream: "HERE at The Misread City, we try to capture what makes Los Angeles and the West Coast distinct, and aim to look at the way the existing clic..."

Here's Puchner talking about his own work on YouTube.

Timberg posts the author's new story on his his blog as well, you might want to check it out as it wanders around some of the themes -- particularly trying to articulate the essence of Los Angeles -- and what it is to be an Angeleno -- outside of its narrow list of cliches.

-- L.G.