an Irresistible, Wickedly Funny Debut That Pulls Back The Curtain On The Book Publishing Industry...starring A Villainess You Won't Soon Forget.
life Is Really Looking Up For Claire Truman. In A New York Minute, She Lands A Plum Job At A Top Publishing House, Catapulting Her Out Of Editorial Assistant Status And Tripling Her Salary. In The Same Stroke Of Good Luck, Claire Goes From Loser Magnet To Girlfriend Of Her Decade-long Crush: The Fabulously Successful And Gorgeous Randall Cox (who's A Nice Guy, To Boot). The Perfect Guy, The Perfect Job . . . It Seems Like Claire's Dreams Are All Falling Neatly Into Place.
enter Reality. It Doesn't Take Long Before Claire Realizes She's Working For The Publishing World's Most Ruthless Tyrant: The Outrageously Abusive Vivian Grant, A Woman Who Churns Out new York Times Bestsellers With Nearly The Same Frequency As She Sends Traumatized Assistants Flying Out Of Her Office In Tears. Soon Claire Is In Staff Meetings...
publishers Weekly
the Not-anna Wintour Character In This Much-hyped My-boss-is-famously-unpleasant Roman Clef Is Not-judith Regan--or, To Be Positive, Is Vivian Grant Of Grant Books, The Most Hotheaded, Ruthless Woman In Publishing. She Physically And Verbally Abuses Her Staff, Is Having An Affair With A Married New York City Official (who Dresses In Drag) And Has Made A Fortune By Producing Tabloid-inspired Blockbusters. And Though Up-and-coming Literary Fiction Editor Claire Truman Has Heard All The Gossip, She Takes A Job As An Editor At Grant Books And Quickly Discovers Vivian Lives Up To Her Reputation As A Foul-mouthed, Ber-demanding, Tantrum-throwing Tyrant. Claire Tries To Maintain Some Semblance Of A Life (she's Engaged To Dreamboat Randall Cox, Who Went From Big Man On Campus To Big Man At Goldman Sachs, Even Though She's Really In Love With Luke Mayville, A Sensitive Writer/unrecognized Genius), But Vicious Vivian Keeps Her Within Spitting (and Swearing) Distance 27 Hours A Day. Clark, Who Worked At Regan Books, Nails The Dark Side Of The Vulgar, Spiteful Boss Archetype, And Though The Plot Is As Shopworn As The Characters, Those In The Page Six And Lloyd Grove Set Will Appreciate This Devilish Read. (feb. 12) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Humor & Satire
- Humorous
- Humor & Satire
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Author : Clark, Bridie
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2008-02-27
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0446697575
ISBN-13 : 9780446697576
Item weight : 0.55 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.2 in x 7.8 in
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