Fiction. From the same metafictional universe as the films Best in Show and This is Spinal Tap, WALKING MAN documents the life and times of Brian Walker, publisher of the zine "Walking Man." Through a fateful encounter between his foot and a yuppie's BMW, Brian becomes the most famous zine publisher in America and an ardent defender of pedestrian rights. Meanwhile, he must juggle the ambitions of his sexy actress girlfriend with his own soaring celebrity. Written in the tradition of the scandalous tell-all biography, WALKING MAN satirizes so-called "alternative" culture while it fondly recollects the 80s and 90s zine scene. "I loved this book from its first page. WALKING MAN tells an extremely funny story and is spot-on in its critique of pop culture trendiness"--Joseph Weisberg.

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Tim W. Brown is the author of three published novels, Deconstruction Acres (1997), Left of the Loop (2001) and Walking Man (2008). His latest literary effort is American Renaissance, a comic historical novel set in 1830s America, to be published in 2010. From 1982 to 1999 Brown published Tomorrow Magazine, a poetry zine, and he helped to organize the Underground Press Conference, a gathering of zine publishers held annually in the 1990s. From 1998-2002 he was a member of Chicago's Printers Row Book Fair planning committee, and from 2004-2009 he served on the board of the New York Center for Independent Publishing. A member of the National Book Critics Circle, he regularly reviews small-press books for a variety of national and regional publications.

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http://www.bronxriverpress.com/documents/SPR%20Review.pdf
http://www.bronxriverpress.com/documents/mbr_review.pdf
http://www.book-club-queen.com/walking-man.html
http://kingwenclas.blogspot.com/2009/01/walking-man.html
http://www.bronxriverpress.com/documents/Outside%20Writers%20Review.pdf