Take Creek, For Example - by Chris Rugeley (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

At Take Creek, one of the most prestigious art schools in the United States, an unnamed photography major attends to study under Salter, a famous and perhaps out-of-his-mind professor whose works rivals that of Cindy Sherman and Garry Winogrand. When Salter asks his protégé to surveil Manning, the new transfer, as his final project, what follows is a wild, unpredictable last year of college full of drugs, nudity, shifting viewpoints, and the occasional making of art.

Like a novelized version of Art School Confidential, Chris Rugeley's Take Creek, For Example is a wry and empathic coming-of-age comedy about a young man finding himself through the lens of a camera, only to discover that the world around him is a carnival of absurdities.

Review Quotes

"Welcome to Take Creek, the country's number one elite undergraduate art school with a price tag to match, and the larger-than-life setting of Chris Rugeley's whip-smart and wickedly funny send-up of the campus novel starring a day-glo cast of characters all pondering what kind of artist they want to be. With electric prose that pops with precision and rapid fire dialogue that will have you holding your ribs, Rugeley's dynamic and assured debut is not one to miss."

-- Sara Lippmann, author of Doll Palace, Jerks, and Lech

"Chris Rugeley's Take Creek, For Example is the quirkiest, most art-infused campus novel you'll ever read, chockablock with fascinating and hilarious characters, thrumming with longing and belonging. This is an exciting and original debut."

--Sharma Shields, author of The Cassandra and The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac