Fitzgerald meets Salinger in this coming-of-age romp that follows a spirited first gen crashing and burning the Ivy League like Holden Caulfield reborn. With an improbable bid from the “breathlessly aristocratic" Ivy Club and an inspiring professor he learns to reconcile the Animal House and Dead Poet Society within himself. “If I were asked to list the five best books on Princeton, this one would be right after Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise," published by my great grandfather in 1920... It's a generational college classic combining satire and humor with the powers of a literary alchemist. Bravissimo!” – Charles Scribner III, Art Historian/Author "I heard Holden Caulfield. And Vonnegut. I heard an authentic new voice in American literature."— Bram Lewis, The Schoolhouse Theater "I found this book very amusing. But! There are some parts... that are hysterica l. — Minnie Krakowsky, my mother-in-law who has never forgiven me for not being Jewish Alfred D’Alessandro studied screenwriting on a Francois de Menil Fellowship at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts where he won a Louis B. Mayer prize for promising young screenwriters, There he studied under Frank Daniel, the legendary "script guru," producer and academic who mentored two-time Academy Award winner Milos Forman at the University of Prague; and Academy Award nominees David Lynch, and Terrence Mallick at the American Film Institute. I heard Holden Caulfield. And Vonnegut. I heard a fresh new voice in American literature. Bram Lewis, Producing Director, The Schoolhouse Theater "I found this book very amusing. But! There are some parts... that are hysterical." — Minnie Krakowsky, my mother-in-law who has never forgiven me for not being Jewish. "If I were asked to list the five best books on Princeton, this one would be right after Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise," published by my great grandfather in 1920... It's a generational college classic combining satire and humor with the powers of a literary alchemist. Bravissimo!" - Charles Scribner III, Art Historian/Author A laugh-out-loud college memoir with eccentric Ivy Leaguers, lousy sex, an appropriate amount of drugs, and lots of rock-and-roll. They'll be clutching pearls in Nassau Hall over The B-Side of Paradise —a coming-of-age romp through Princeton University in the 1970s. Our hero: a spirited first-gen crashing and burning the Ivy League like Holden Caulfield reborn. Then sticking the landing on three "Major University Awards," and an impossible bid to the aristocratic Ivy Club. The B-Side of Paradise is more than a nostalgia trip for Baby Boomers; it's a College Handbook for Cool Kids that dishes dirt on the Ivies you won't hear anywhere else. With savvy tips on surviving college life like: DON'T KIDNAP ANYBODY; If you get a chance to kiss the princess—KISS THE PRINCESS; And there's a valuable lesson in The Night We Outed Fascists Until Dawn --if you can find it. An homage to Jean Shepard, Hunter S. Thompson and Dave Barry, The B-Side is the Truth or Dare of college lit, with un-Ivy League thoughts on success and friendship you won't find in F. Scott Fitzgerald's big-shot debut novel This Side of Paradise. Alfred D'Alessandro studied screenwriting on a Francois de Menil Fellowship at Columbia University's Graduate School of the Arts where he won a Louis B. Mayer prize for promising young screenwriters, There he studied under Frank Daniel, the legendary "script guru," producer and academic who mentored two-time Academy Award winner Milos Forman at the University of Prague; and Academy Award nominees David Lynch, and Terrence Mallick at the American Film Institute. He is currently working on Dark Star High, a prequel to The B-Side of Paradise about growing up on Long Ilsand in the 1960s.