Social Creature: 'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' (Guardian)
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019
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'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' Guardian, Books of the Year?An irresistible novel about a toxic friendship taken to the extreme? Elle Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being catcalled by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything ? looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment?Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to the best underground speakeasies, the opera, shares her clothes, her drugs, her Uber account. Louise knows that this can?t last for ever, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia?s life.
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- Title
- Social Creature: 'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' (Guardian)
- Author
- Tara Isabella Burton
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1408896079
- ISBN 13
- 9781408896075
'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' Guardian, Books of the Year
'An irresistible novel about a toxic friendship taken to the extreme' Elle
Lavinia has it all.
Lavinia has an apartment on the Upper East Side.
Lavinia goes to glittering parties that last from dusk till dawn.
Lavinia wants to seize life and live it to the fullest.
Lavinia is going to die soon.
Louise knows this.
You know this.
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