It is the morning after the Academy Awards. Max, an award-winning writer and his lover, Elena, are hosts to a house full of guests including their daughter, a movie star, a healer and an agent. Over the course of the next ten life-changing days, they share stories of Hollywood, watch movies and become entangled by the pool. Sparks fly and tension mounts as this unputdownable tale of love, war, sex, politics, friendship and betrayal moves towards its redemptive end.
Review
'A highly entertaining yet thoughtful examination of
post-millennial America, this is Jane Smiley's Decameron, just as A
Thousand Acres was her King Lear.'
-- The Times
'Entertaining ... as hard to put down as any good ''beach read''.' -- The Times
'In this richly entertaining and surprising novel, Smiley gives us
... realism, substantial and salty, with a transformational spice of
magic.' -- The Sunday Times
'Smiley is a uniquely gifted writer, and especially adept at eviscerating the pretensions of the incurably shallow.' -- Sunday Times
'Soaring . . . Sharp, erotic, artful . . . an American
Decameron.' -- Guardian
'The reigning master of social satire pens a wicked and heartfelt
portrait of stars, semicelebrities, and
sybarit[es]'
-- Elle
'The tone is gossipy, the humour leisurely but acute.' -- Observer
'[At] the end of ... Smiley's capacious new novel, [the reader] is
reluctant to leave' -- John Updike, The New Yorker
'sharp, erotic, artful ... a wonderful, soaring construction' -- Observer
Book Description
A funny, provocative tale about a group of friends and family gathered for ten transformative days in the Hollywood hills.
Library : Romance
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781400040612