The Paper Wasp

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Riverrun
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year:
Edition: First Edition

Description: 289 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Acampora is an original Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big CityAn electrifying debut novel of two womens friendship, a haunting obsession and twisted ambition, set against the feverish backdrop of contemporary Hollywood.Abby Graven is a dreamer. She dreams her way through her small, lonely life - hiding back at her parents, working at the grocery store. At night, she collects tabloid clippings that taunt her with Elise - her best friend, now Hollywoods hot new starlet.When a school reunion throws Elise in her path, Abby seizes her chance. With feverish certainty, she boards a one-way flight to LA to become Elises assistant and enters her gauzy realm of film sets and glamorous actors.But behind Elises glossy magazine veneer, she is drowning in Hollywoods vicious social cycle. Ever the devoted friend, Abby conceals her own burning desire for greatness. For she is smarter than Elise. More talented. A true artist. And as she edges closer to her own ambitions, Abby can see only one way to make her dream come true.Propelled by seductive, unstoppable force, The Paper Wasp slashes through the dark side of Hollywood and the treacherous intimacies of female friendship, pursuing a heroine of blazing artistic vision and blinding drive.

ISBN: 9781529401035