A Glimpse of Stocking: A Novel

Gage, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0671644297 / ISBN 13: 9780671644291

Published by Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1988, 1988

About this Item

This is a used book. An interesting uncorrected proof copy. The softcover book comes with "A glimpse of stocking" book case. The box has a 2 inch spilt to one of the corners. Rubbing to the edges of the box. Small patch of scuffing to the front side of the box (to the bottom edge of the image). Light dust-staining to the inside of the box. The book has light thumbing to the side edge of the pages. Minimal wear to the wraps. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy.

Seller Inventory # t2550

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Glimpse of Stocking: A Novel
• Publisher: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671644297
• ISBN 13: 9780671644291
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis

Three ambitious and ruthless women--Annie, a successful actress; Christine, a high-class call girl; and the evil Alethea--head for a stunning collision in a tale of sex and greed among the rich and famous

Reviews

The pseudonymous author of this hefty first novel sensationalizing Hollywood's dark and seamy side initially displays a flair for tall tales, but the narrative loses its credibility entirely by the halfway mark. Lured by the prospect of a screen test, Annie Havilland falls prey to Harmon Kurth, head of International Pictures and a sexual sadist of no small order. Her brutalization at his hands only convinces Annie to try harder; returning to New York, she hones her acting skills and plots revenge. A few years later, Annie takes Hollywood by storm when she's cast in a steamy movie by the renowned, reclusive Damon Rhys. Into this orbit comes Christine, a sophisticated call girl with a penchant for violence, a legacy from her vitriolic mother, Alethea, who systematically sought to crush her daughter for a sin committed by the shadowy man who was her father. In Damon, Annie and Christine find a father figure, until the relationship changes in a way that threatens to destroy them all. Heaping doses of sex and violence fail to cover up the flaws of a wooden cast of characters driven by a string of events that rise less from their pasts than out of a bottomless well of coincidence. First serial to Cosmopolitan; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.
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