I wanted to post some sample chapters from my JOHNNY CRUISE audio book, which I recorded last fall and winter. If you like, you can learn more about my experience recording the audio book here: THE AUDIO BOOK EXPERIMENT: Tips and Advice on How to Record Your First Audio Book.
JOHNNY CRUISE (available HERE on Amazon) is the first novel I ever wrote, way back in 2009. Set in Hollywood, it is a Jekyll-and-Hyde-like story about a very famous movie star who is at war with his abusive public persona, which has literally taken on a life of its own.
John Cruise (the person) stays secluded inside his mansion high up in the Hollywood Hills while Johnny (the persona) leaves the mansion and does all the movies, premieres, press events, charity events, interviews and talk show appearances. John desperately wants to leave the house and show the public the REAL him, but Johnny abusively makes him stay inside, warning him that the public won't like what it sees and his career will be ruined.
Overall, JOHNNY CRUISE is a dark comedy about an extremely insecure man who'll do anything to look good—or at least stay—in the public eye. Even if it means killing off his real self in the process.
Listen to the sample chapters below (CAUTION: there are intense and potentially offensive language, themes, drug use, sexual content etc. in the audio clips, although I did censor some of the language via bleeps):
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