Social creature : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Doubleday, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Pueblo West Branch - ADULT
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Published
New York, NY : Doubleday, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
A sharp, biting, and irresistible debut about parties and ambition in New York City--introducing a talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, with all the glitz and grit of Bright Lights, Big City. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Louise Wilson is an expert at just barely making it. She's mastered the tricks and shortcuts that a penniless small-town girl needs to survive in New York City. When she meets the beautiful, wealthy, eccentric, and aimless Lavinia Williams, she thinks her dreams of a cosmopolitan existence may be coming true. Lavinia introduces her to a rarified life of beauty and indulgence: private opera boxes, secret bookstores in brownstones, Shakespearean masked balls, underground cabarets, closets full of hundreds of dresses, and the finest champagne money can buy. The more Louise tastes, the more she wants. Could she ever truly be a part of this world? She can speak with the right affectation, wear the best makeup, drop the appropriate references, but she is always afraid people can see her true nature, which is darker than anyone can imagine. She finds herself haunted by the disparity between them. Lavinia has so much, and Louise so little, despite her yearning. Nightlife--the music, the buzz, the dim lights--is the great equalizer. But morning always comes, and Louise will do whatever it takes to keep the party going. This delicious debut takes a classic tale of obsession and makes it undeniably modern--,Provided by publisher.
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Part THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, part Bret Easton Ellis's THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, about a small-town girl trying to survive in New York and become part of the city's literati, who forms an intense friendship with a troubled socialite, leading to extreme consequences--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burton, T. I. (2018). Social creature: a novel (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burton, Tara Isabella. 2018. Social Creature: A Novel. New York, NY: Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burton, Tara Isabella. Social Creature: A Novel New York, NY: Doubleday, 2018.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Burton, T. I. (2018). Social creature: a novel. First edn. New York, NY: Doubleday.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burton, Tara Isabella. Social Creature: A Novel First edition., Doubleday, 2018.
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