Items related to Beautiful You

Palahniuk, Chuck Beautiful You ISBN 13: 9780385538039

Beautiful You - Hardcover

 
9780385538039: Beautiful You
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

"A billion husbands are about to be replaced."

From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of a new product that gives new meaning to the term "self-help."

Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds, notebook in hand, to bring her to previously undreamed-of heights of gratification for days on end. What's not to like? This: Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the final development of a line of feminine products to be marketed in a nationwide chain of boutiques called Beautiful You. So potent and effective are these devices that women by the millions line up outside the stores on opening day and then lock themselves in their room with them and stop coming out. Except for batteries. Maxwell's plan for battery-powered world domination must be stopped. But how?

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Praise for Beautiful You

"Sex is on the mind of author Chuck Palahniuk, and it is taken to extremes and tweaked to outrageous lengths in his latest novel, Beautiful You. 50 Shades of Grey this isn't. In fact, the book is almost a middle finger to "mommy porn" and the popularity of modern erotica -- while also being a smart, satirical take on misogyny, fame, the fashion industry, self-help and science... Palahniuk's graphic storytelling is bound to ruffle puritanical feathers--which is probably part of his point--but it's essential to the societal takedown. Nothing is sacred and everything gets torched, from pop culture (at one point vampire novels are used as thrown weapons, an obvious Twilight reference) to celebrity."
--USA Today

"[Palahniuk's] legion of fans will adore all its excesses.... [G]reat fun..."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"The author of Fight Club offers barbed social satire that turns Aristophanes' Lysistrata sideways; giving readers something to talk about."
--Library Journal

"Palahniuk continues to push limits in this satire of sex and consumerism... His cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel; his semi-erotic writing is efficacious and there are some downright beautiful scenes."
--Publishers Weekly

..".[A] subtle and empathic piece of work."
--Kirkus Reviews
Book Description:
A billion husbands are about to be replaced.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherDoubleday
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 0385538030
  • ISBN 13 9780385538039
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages224
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780345807113: Beautiful You

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780345807113
Publisher: Anchor Books, 2015
Softcover

  • 9781101872970: Beautiful You: Chuck Palahniuk

    Anchor..., 2015
    Softcover

  • 9780224099059: Beautiful You

    Jonath..., 2014
    Hardcover

  • 9780099587675: Beautiful You

    Vintage, 2015
    Softcover

  • 9781784702427: Beautiful You

    Vintage, 2015
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 18.10
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Chuck Palahniuk
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Mad Hatter Bookstore
(Westbank, BC, Canada)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. "A billion husbands are about to be replaced."From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of a new product that gives new meaning to the term "self-help." Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a big Manhattan law firm with an apartment in Queens and no love life at all. So it comes as a great shock when she finds herself invited to dinner by one C. Linus Maxwell, a software mega-billionaire and lover of the most gorgeous and accomplished women on earth. After dining at Manhattan's most exclusive restaurant, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris, where he proceeds, notebook in hand, to bring her to previously undreamed-of heights of gratification for days on end. What's not to like? This: Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the final development of a line of feminine products to be marketed in a nationwide chain of boutiques called Beautiful You. So potent and effective are these devices that women by the millions line up outside the stores on opening day and then lock themselves in their room with them and stop coming out. Except for batteries. Maxwell's plan for battery-powered world domination must be stopped. But how?". Seller Inventory # 010411

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 9.99
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 15.02
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 23.75
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday, NY (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover First Edition Signed Quantity: 1
Seller:
Nilbog Books
(Portland, ME, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing) and is Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 044486

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 24.49
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.57
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 26.45
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday Books (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 13
Seller:
Prominent Books
(Hereford, ABBEY, United Kingdom)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Next day dispatch (mon-fri). Please note orders sent to Netherlands or Sweden take slightly longer than the Amazon estimated delivery date. Same day/next day dispatch (mon-fri) all items checked before dispatch, Handled and sent out with care. Seller Inventory # mon0000077388

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 16.05
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 15.50
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Hafa Adai Books
(Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # Hafa_fresh_0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 38.13
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.13
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 2
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 46.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Palahniuk, Chuck
Published by Doubleday (2014)
ISBN 10: 0385538030 ISBN 13: 9780385538039
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0385538030

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 43.96
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds