To Die For - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451173279 ISBN 13 : 9780451173270

Editeur : Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Maynard Joyce

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"That's the beauty of television. It's like an eye that's on you all the time . . . Kind of like God, if you want to get heavy" 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's ready. Maynard's brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel-adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman-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-a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy.

Biographie de l'auteur

Joyce Maynard grew up in New Hampshire, and began publishing her work while in her teens. She has been a reporter for the New York Times, a magazine and newspaper columnist, a radio commentator on NPR, and a teacher of writing. Her novel, To Die For, originally published in 1991, was made into an acclaimed film, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Nichole Kidman. Joyce Maynard divides her time between New York City, northern California, and Guatemala.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0451173279
• ISBN 13: 9780451173270
• Reliure: Poche
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 368