25th June, 2025 in Recommended Reads

The Gorgon of Los Feliz by Nolan Knight

“She was my neighbor for a spell. A hustler. Nose always on the money. The Gorgon of Los Feliz.” The novel, The Gorgon of Los Feliz, by Nolan Knight, depicts an array of perspectives in the sudden disappearance and effort to find a strained couple’s daughter, Tiffany, primarily centered on the efforts of a hired young woman, Cameron Kilbride, to aid in the search. In contrast with Cameron’s moniker as a gorgon by those that she has wronged through her various hustles, she suddenly exhibits a sincere quality of compassion as she seeks to entice Tiffany to voluntarily return to her parents. However, once circumstances suddenly change, Cameron quickly reverts to her typical fleeting pretenses. The Gorgon of Los Feliz portrays differing shades of selfishness through its use of multiple characters’ viewpoints, ultimately showing us the ongoing repercussions that can result from our shortsightedness in seeking instant gratification.