To Die For

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453261378

<DIV><DIV><B>&ldquo;A seductive page-turner&rdquo; about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the <I>New York Times</I>&ndash;bestselling author of&#160;<I>Labor Day </I>(<I>The New York Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she&rsquo;s ready.<BR /><BR /> Maynard&rsquo;s brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel&mdash;adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman&mdash;was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV&mdash;a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy.<BR /><BR /><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joyce Maynard including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</I></DIV></DIV>