Slow Down

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 Bambachs new avant-garde film isnt enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noahs dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end whatever the cost. And this obsession may soon become a reality once Dominicks spurned wife Isadora reveals her femme fatale nature with a seductive plot to get rid of her husband for good.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.Praise for SLOW DOWN: Slow Down is a frenetic first novel...full of unedifying characters scrambling for the elusive perhaps imaginary brass ring. -Publishers WeeklyLee 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 Goldbergs Slow Down is a mad mans tour of Manhattans vices follies and ultimate betrayals. -Urban Waite author of The Terror of Living and Sometimes the WolfWhat would happen if one of Raymond Chandlers 1940s femme fatales were to join forces with one of Jay McInerneys 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 CanyonSlow 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 BeatSlow Down is a brilliant rush of a work charting the rise and fall of Noah and other pretentious losers. Savor this book. -Foreword ReviewsDark and hard-boiled writing that grabs you by the throat. Slow Down is one of those rare novels thats so good you want it to go on forever! -Nick Pengelley author of Ryder: An Ayesha Ryder NovelThe plot takes off...theres no denying its fun to watch rich snots destroy themselves. -BooklistGoldbergs portrayal of the New York demimonde is one of the books strengths and brings to mind Bret Easton Ellis Less Than Zero. He also succeeds in marshalling a complicated plot. -CrimeFictionLover.com