Matthew Specktor

Matthew Specktor's American Dream Machine is the story of an iconic striver, a classic self-made man in the vein of Jay Gatsby or Augie March. It's the story of a talent agent and his troubled sons, two generations of Hollywood royalty, and its sweeping narrative concerns parents and children, the movie business, and the sundry changes that have shaped Hollywood and, by extension, American life. A thrilling contemplation of the influence of Los Angeles on American dreams. Specktor will be joined in conversation by Victor LaValle, author, most recently, of The Devil in Silver.