How the Ferris Wheel Was Broken: A Love Letter to Los Angeles

A love letter to Los Angeles, the mysterious year 2000, and the life of a kid desperate to shine.

Sebastian Tillinger is determined to survive Y2K and grow up before New Year’s Eve, 1999. He might get married to the first woman he ever loved, just to prove he’s a man. He’s getting high and coming down faster than he can decide if he feels good—or jaded. He’s taking action and making choices, even if they are the wrong ones.

Things will be different, Sebastian promises himself, in the year 2...