"TURNPIKE FLAMEOUT is one of the funniest, smartest novels I've ever read. Everything about the book is top-shelf--the characters, the humor, the writing, the satire, the slick plot. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it, but Eric Dezenhall has written a novel that leaves the rest of us mumbling and shaking our heads, wondering how in the world he pulled it off."

-Martin Clark, author of THE MANY ASPECTS OF MOBILE HOME LIVING and
PLAIN HEATHEN MISCHIEF

"This is what's really going on while the rest of us are watching the spun-for-the-masses version of star meltdowns on Entertainment Tonight! A fast-paced trip behind the facade of celebrity persona into the rarely seen reality of what it means to be a fading star. The ultimate celebrity tantrum,
totally outrageous and totally believable."

-Lisa Brandt, Celebrity Tantrums: The Official Dirt

"Has-been rocker Turnpike Bobby Chin is presumed dead when his private plane crashes and burns in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. But he's found wandering around the woods with a suspicious story and no injuries. Then a famous sculptor disappears after an appointment with Bobby, and police consider Bobby a suspect. So Bobby's handlers shift into action. They hire pollster Jonah Eastman to come up with a way to make a spoiled brat look good on the news. This is the darkest of looks at the backstage manners of a star and his entourage in the midst of a meltdown of epic proportions. The more Jonah discovers about Bobby, the more reasons he has to believe that he's not only a killer but also that he has plenty of helpers ensuring that he never has to face reality. In this funny and fast-moving novel, Eric Dezenhall has created a weird world peopled by even weirder characters."

- Dallas Morning News, Laurie Trimble's column

"Turnpike Flameout is a wildly irreverent parody of traditional “whodunit” mysteries, and it is colorfully enriched by the narrator Eastman’s savage irony and hard-earned cynicism. Author Eric Dezenhall pulls out all the stops in his satirical assault upon America’s preoccupation with pop culture supernovas. On some levels this fine mystery employs a delightfully eccentric blend of styles reminiscent of Jonathan Swift and Don DeLillo, but Dezenhall’s style is uniquely effective and entertaining. Readers ought to thoroughly enjoy the hours spent in Turnpike Bobby’s garbled world, but they will even further enjoy narrator Jonah Price Eastman’s irresistible charm and his boundless resourcefulness."