Author Coerte V. W. Felske, recently seen on “The Real Housewives of New York,” takes us behind the velvet ropes again to offer readers a sexy, pulse-tapping murder mystery that captures the current Zeitgeist

(Long Island, N.Y.) Coerte V.W. Felske, the man who coined the term “modelizer” and “Thing” in “The Shallow Man” seeks to offer readers plenty of thrills and chills in his fourth Dolce Vita Press installment, “Scandalocity” (ISBN 0984078614), a word which Felske defines as, “the speed at which scandal, measured in velocity can turn you into a star.” This spirit-of-the-times novel aims to take on our celebrity-obsessed, media-consumed and tech-driven culture and is intended to appeal to adults of all ages.

One of the most connected men in the City, ADHD-addled online gossip reporter Harry Starslinger finds it increasingly difficult to founder life-sustaining connections in the rocket-paced world of IMs, iPods, Facebook and Twitter. Told in first person, “Scandalocity” aims to catapult readers into Harry’s spontaneous and insightful mindset as he becomes entangled in the police investigation of his girlfriend’s murder. The story unfolds in parallel between the investigation and the burgeoning romance with the victim in the past. There’s more passion and murder and a manhunt and Harry becomes the hunted one.

Thematically, Felske seeks to provide a cutting expose of America in the Information Age, demonstrating that though the tech boom has enhanced our inter-connectivity, it also alienates us further from each other, nature and ourselves. It leaves people desperately trying to find nourishing connections, the author argues, as relationships are increasingly dismissed and disposed of with the touch of a button.

“People walk around with seeming purpose armed with techie-toy arsenals, but they’re actually becoming more removed and sheep-like, iPodding off into oblivion, keeping human contact at bay,” says Felske. “A truly lost generation is being created, but not on some foreign field of battle – right here in the U.S.”

“Scandalocity” also features a veritable lexicon of new language and phrases, hallmarks of the author’s life-in-the-fast-lane literature including “Spidermen,” “Mascots,” “Spontaneous Crazies,” “ADD Militia,” “Biological Yang,” “Lustafarians,” “Asterisk Girls,” “Trashinistas” and “Generation Green.”

First presented on the television show “The Real Housewives of New York,” Felske signed a copy of “Scandalocity” for Countess Lu Ann de Lesseps whom he was dating. Felske’s cover art for each of his novels is photography shot by renowned artist and photographer Peter Beard, and features Victoria’s Secret supermodels Adriana Lima (“Word”), Alessandra Ambrosio (“The Shallow Man”) and Irina Shayk (“Scandalocity”).

“Scandalocity” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.

About the Author
Coerte V. W. Felske grew up in New York City and the Hamptons. He attended Dartmouth College and did his graduate work at Columbia University. Felske’s novels have been critically acclaimed worldwide. For “The Shallow Man” Kirkus Reviews wrote, “Tom Wolfe rewrites American Gigolo,” and James Wolcott in Vanity Fair claimed “Felske writes like a gigolo and treats seduction as a dirty sport.” The Guardian (UK) gave “Word” four stars, commenting that Felske is a “Chandler for the Nineties.” The New York Times Book Review called “The Millennium Girl” “hilarious and sympathetic.” Felske still lives in Manhattan and Long Island.