Gus Van Sant s First Book Hazards A Novel Take On Infotainment.
By Tonya Janes
by Gus Van Sant (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday). Cloth,
$21.95.
GUS VAN SANT S antihero Spunky Davis is a lurking, aging,
bald and paunchy fellow who sports a tan overcoat and shiny loafers.
He s the kind of guy our mothers may have warned us about. I
am spoiled by the system. I am not pure. Please save me,
he pleads, begging the reader of
Pink to take pity on this
moderately successful maker of infomercials, hopeful Hollywood
sci-fi screenplay writer and friend to young men. His frequent
visits to leatherette-laden diners and the projection rooms of