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Summary: A Triumph!
Review: I read a rave review of this novel in The LA Times and then just happened to be at a bookstore the next day and started skimming a copy. It was completely addictive, by turns hilarious, tragic and very, very wise. It is probably the most insightful Hollywood novel I have read since Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays -- and yes, it is that good. A merciless skewering of the big time agency hustle; a tragicomic love story, that ends far more tragic than comic.I don't know who this Deborah Skelly is. It says on the jacket she was once a Hollywood agent and is now a lawyer. Whoever she is, she is an enormously gifted writer, who unlike so many contemporary so-called chick lit writers, actually has something important to say.
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Summary: I Laughed, I Cried, I Thought I was In "The Business"
Review: This book would be a faster read if it weren't so funny. You find yourself going back over the lines, laughing out loud, and then practicing them to use at your next cocktail party. Don't let probably the worst title for a good book stop you from picking this one up. I guaranteee you it's about 1000 times better than the title. What were they thinking? The other fun thing is trying to figure out who's who. I thought I spotted Sharon Stone and Jim Carey, but I'm sure if I were more of a celebrity hound I could name more. Having never reviewed a book I don't know exaclty how to wrap this up except to say that it was fun, a lot of fun. Sort of like Sex in the City with all the annoying parts left out.
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Summary: Heads above others in the genre!
Review: Yes, this book is hilarious, but it is also heartbreaking. Its depiction of a woman trying to make sense of life in a shallow and corrupt culture stretches way beyond the circles of show business and "so-called" high society. Give yourself a chance to appreciate this brutally honest social satire while laughing through your tears.
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