One Fifth Avenue - Hardcover

Bushnell, Candace

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401301614 ISBN 13: 9781401301613

Publisher: Hachette Books, 2008

Synopsis

Living within New York City's most elite apartment building, five women pursue relationships and personal dreams amid the social and sexual politics of New York's privileged, including comeback-seeking actress Schiffer Diamond, rich-husband-hunting Lola, and high-powered career woman Winnie. By the author of Trading Up. 350,000 first printing.

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Review:

In her fifth book about ambitious, covetous, pampered New Yorkers, Candace Bushnell laments the decline of art, the bitchiness of gossip and the crass commercialisation of publishing (Sydney Morning Herald)

Bushnell on the page is a far darker, more interesting creature than Bushnell on the screen . . . It gets at the deep truth of shallow people (TIME Magazine)

Bushnell's fifth novel is a sexy and stylish romp, which won't disappoint diehard fans (Marie Claire)

A tale befitting over the-top NY with greed, glamour, sexual favours and even death. A great escapist read (Herald Sun)

One, Fifth Avenue, is Melrose Place for a select medley of Manhattan mavens (Vogue)

Truly, the creative mind behind a woman like Carrie Bradshaw can do no wrong (Shop til You Drop)

** 'Bushnell's unparalleled ability to capture type borders in uncanny; the perceptiveness of David Attenborough studying a rare bird... Bushnell is clearly a master observer: no details evades, from the trapping of her protagonist s' world to their hopes and dreams (Sarah Maslin Nir, THE TIMES)

** 'Bushnell writes like a dream (Henry Sutton, Book of the Week, DAILY MIRROR)

** 'It's a shining example of accurately observed social commentary...she has matured as a writer, making it her mission to expose the warped materialism that life in the fast lane breeds, turning decent people into twisted, label-obsessed caricatures. It's all served up with a dose of devilishly dark humour, which makes us blissfully unaware we're being preached to. A hugely entertaining yarn with fascinating, and at times repellent, characters (Serena Kutchinsky, TIME OUT)

** 'Full of her usual keen-eyed observations of New York neuroses (VOGUE UK)

Book Description:

* In her wonderfully witty fifth novel, bestselling author Candace Bushnell tells the stories of five women living in Manhattan's swankiest apartment building

About this edition

• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1401301614
• ISBN 13: 9781401301613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 433