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About the Book
How far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick’s Bambach’s new avant-garde film isn’t enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled
Slow Down, a cross between the noir styling of James M. Cain and the dark satire of Bret Easton Ellis, is a thrilling page-turner that holds a mirror up to a media-saturated society that is constantly searching for the fastest way to get ahead, regardless of consequences.
Here’s what readers are saying about Slow Down!
“Slow Down is a frenetic first novel…full of unedifying characters scrambling for the elusive, perhaps imaginary, brass ring.”—Publishers Weekly
“Lee Matthew Goldberg writes like a young Bret Easton Ellis doing a line of uncut Denis Johnson off the back of a public urinal. Memorable in the best possible way, also mostly illegal, Goldberg’s Slow Down is a mad man’s tour of Manhattan’s vices, follies, and ultimate betrayals.”
–Urban Waite, author of The Terror of Living and Sometimes the Wolf
“What would happen if one of Raymond Chandler’s 1940’s femme fatales were to join forces with one of Jay McInerney’s enfant terribles? Lee Matthew Goldberg wrings every delectable trope imaginable out of this mashup while still managing a fresh spin. A writer to watch out for.”
–David Kukoff, author of Children of the Canyon
“Slow Down starts fast and gets faster quick, gunning through yellow streetlights on its way to a full collision with your shattered soul. Lee Matthew Goldberg takes on the American Zeitgeist in this stunning debut.”
–Stephen Jay Schwartz, LA Times bestselling author of Boulevard and Beat
“Slow Down is a brilliant rush of a work charting the rise and fall of Noah and other pretentious losers. Savor this book.”
—Foreword Reviews
“Dark and hard-boiled writing that grabs you by the throat. Slow Down is one of those rare novels that’s so good you want it to go on forever!”
–Nick Pengelley, author of Ryder: An Ayesha Ryder Novel
“The plot takes off…there’s no denying it’s fun to watch rich snots destroy themselves.”
—Booklist
“Goldberg’s portrayal of the New York demimonde is one of the book’s strengths and brings to mind Bret Easton Ellis’ Less Than Zero. He also succeeds in marshalling a complicated plot.”
—CrimeFictionLover.com
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Can you tell us what your new book is about?
Slow Down is a noir about Noah Spaeth, who wants to be a
famous writer and director. He falls in with a film being made by avant garde
director Dominick Bambach. Dominick is married but is having an affair with
Noah’s first love, Nevie Wyeth. He starts to work for Dominick in the hopes of
getting Nevie back until Dominick’s wife Isadora hatches a plan to kill her
husband.
Can you tell us a little about your main and supporting
characters?
Isadora is the wife of Dominick Bambach, she is inspired by
Barbara Stanwyck’s character in Double Indemnity.
Your book is set in New York City.
Can you tell us why you chose this location in particular?
There are very few places that are more fast paced than NYC.
The mantra of the book is for the characters to Slow Down. Something that’s
very hard to do in a big city.
How long did it take you to write your book?
A long time, since it was my first. I was learning how to
write a novel with it.
What has been the most pivotal point of your writing life?
My second book The Mentor was translated into French and
nominated for an award there.
What kind of advice would you give thriller authors?
If this is the career want, understand rejection will happen
and to just be persistent. If you are truly talented, you will get published.
