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"Namedropper" is the hilarious, razor-sharp tale of a star-struck teen who takes her style from Hollywood's leading ladies and turns her everyday life into a blockbuster production. "Utterly endearing and very funny".--"Elle".
About the author
Emma Forrest, born in London, began her writing career at the age of sixteen as a columnist for
The Times of London. She has written the novels
Namedropper,
Thin Skin, and
Cherries in the Snow and she has also appeared in publications such as
Vogue,
Vanity Fair,
Harper's Bazaar, and many more.
Summary
Meet Viva Cohen: her bedroom walls are plastered with posters of silver-screen legends, and underneath her school uniform she wears vintage thigh-high stockings. Her best friends are a drugged-out beauty queen and an aging rock star. She lives in London with her gay uncle Manny.
A bitingly funny and fiercely intelligent first novel, Namedropper takes you on a rowdy romp from London to Los Angeles, where Viva and her two best friends search for love, experience, and Jack Nicholson. It's a wild ride as she uncovers the icon in every person she meets.
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Diane Leslie author of Fleur de Leigh's Life of Crime Viva Cohen, the young, funny, observant, well-read, music-savvy, cineaste, malephile narrator of Namedropper, suggests that Emma Forrest may well be the Jane Austen of the techno-generation.
