{"product_id":"graffiti-in-the-rubber-room-writing-for-my-sanity-9798218131180","title":"Graffiti in the Rubber Room: Writing For My Sanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lynchian life and so-called career of existential pulp fiction author and B movie impresario Will \"the Thrill\" Viharo, as told in an epistolary mosaic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A storyteller's greatest challenge is telling a story about themselves. The raw unvarnished truth of their life, their loves, their losses, their triumphs and their tragedies. Will Viharo has taken that challenge and has succeeded wildly. \u003ci\u003eGraffiti in the Rubber Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant, exhilarating, at times philosophical epistle to the people, places, and experiences that turned a fresh-faced baby boy into Will The Thrill. It's a stunning achievement that does what so few memoirs do, it tells the truth, for good or ill. I couldn't put it down!\"-S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRazorblade\u003c\/i\u003e Tears and \u003ci\u003eBlacktop Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Only Will Viharo could pull off an epistolary bildungsroman with this much pulp fiction, gonzo journalism, and overall weirdness. Don't fret Viharo fans. \u003ci\u003eGraffiti in the Rubber Room\u003c\/i\u003e also comes with a heaping serving of the author's perpetually oversexed brain and wry commentary on the absurdity of modern life. And, yet, somehow in the midst of this wild, pop-culture rumination, Viharo finds the perfect spots for those gut-punch lines that betray an old cynic's heart still yearning to be broken.\" -Joe Clifford, author of \u003ci\u003eJunkie Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSay My Name\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eRead this book! It takes a certain (and rare) kind of courage to unflinchingly record one's life for the world to read and, therefore, judge. My friend Will 'the Thrill' Viharo has done it with all that courage in evidence, and a style all his own. But then, Will always had both. What I really didn't know was that his remarkable life has been lived on his peculiar terms, a place that only Will could inhabit. He delivers it all to us here. At once exhaustive, elegant, and entertaining, Will's memoir is a kickass read, and a lesson on how to live bravely. To say nothing of his mastery of writing. '\u003ci\u003eWhat you don't know about me could fill volumes\u003c\/i\u003e, ' I once heard a character in a movie say. What I didn't know about Will was truly voluminous, but I sure do now, and I am thankful for that. And for him.\"-Jon Lindstrom, award-winning star of \u003ci\u003eGeneral Hospital \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Port Charles, \u003c\/i\u003e writer-director of \u003ci\u003eHow We Got Away With It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"'\u003c\/i\u003eWill The Thrill' has really delivered in this passionate and personal saga of his days in Hollywood and elsewhere. A man of wit and taste, he bled his memories onto the page, and they now become ours. What a gift! Already a well-known and accomplished fiction master with his Vic Valentine stories, this memoir is a must for hipsters and genre lovers from back in the day, or anyone now wanting a cool Tiki-tinged read this summer. Do yourself a favor and pony up for this swell tome.\"\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eSteve De Jarnatt, director of \u003ci\u003eMiracle Mile and Cherry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A memoir with a better butter anecdote than \u003ci\u003eLast Tango in Paris.\u003c\/i\u003e About 10 pages into Will's book I pulled out a notepad and started a list of movies I needed to see. It's a tour through American cinema-better than any film school. It's also a memoir of stark honesty detailing mistakes, regrets, missed opportunities, and pain. Somehow, through it all, it's also funny and hopeful. Will's writing is a surprising ride through a painful youth, tragic and sexy ladies, brushes with fame, and the struggles of being a noir writer. Then he'll take a turn and reveal a vista of insight with a beautiful line about the necessity of forgiveness that is worthy of the noir films that inspire him. 'Lingering bitterness is nothing but slow-burning suicide.'. I love it.\"-Shannon Wheeler, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist, creator of \u003ci\u003eToo Much Coffee Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5429989\"\u003eWill Viharo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thrillville Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218131180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8218131183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thrillville Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379526889709,"sku":"8218131183","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6e62d56f-82cf-4821-8430-8164b8bcdffc.jpg?v=1699195337","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/graffiti-in-the-rubber-room-writing-for-my-sanity-9798218131180","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}