Elimination Night: A Novel - Hardcover

Anonymous

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9780547942070: Elimination Night: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547942079 ISBN 13: 9780547942070

Publisher: New Harvest, 2013

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Meet Sasha King, a down-to-earth young writer who finds herself working inside a world that both repels and fascinates her: Project Icon, the once-mighty TV talent show that’s taken a hit in the ratings. In an attempt to get back on top, the show has recently hired two new celebrity judges, entrepreneur-actress-singer Bibi Vasquez and rock legend Joey Lovecraft, a priapic wild man who doesn’t even own a TV (it goes against the teachings of his guru, Tibetan high lama Yutog Gonpo).

In addition to the demands of the new judges, Sasha has the task of handling frighteningly robotic host Wayne Shoreline (who may or may not eat puppies as part of his pre-show prep), young would-be idols (including the foul-mouthed Mia Pelosi and the chaps-wearing Jimmy Nuggett), muckraking gossip columnists, and the powerful executive of a competing reality TV talent show. The combination of characters will leave readers swimming in a cocktail of pure crazy: Project Icon.

In Elimination Night, we get a peek at the deliciously outrageous machinations—the ego clashes, meltdowns, and cover-ups—that take place behind the scenes of the talent shows we've become addicted to. The details of their inner workings are so accurate that the book had to be written anonymously.

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About the Author:

There has been much speculation about the identity of ANONYMOUS in the press. A well-known celebrity? A low-level TV producer? For reasons of confidentiality, however, the publisher can confirm only that the writer has deep inside knowledge of a hit reality TV talent competition. It was this knowledge that inspired the fictional story told in Elimination Night.

Review:

“Scandal!” —AOL Music

“Rings deliciously true.” —People

“More withering than Simon Cowell, crazier than Paula Abdul — it’s the novel that will have Hollywood on a witch hunt.” —New York Post

"Sex, drugs and scandal are part of the story, as is a savage portrait of someone who could be mistaken for Ryan Seacrest...[A] fun read." — New York Daily News

"I absolutely adored Elimination Night. I loved Sasha most of all... she's the type of girl you want to be friends with. It's brilliant." — Chick Lit Reviews and News

“Anyone who has ever watched American Idol, and that will be almost everyone, will have the immense satisfaction of the ‘inside scoop,’ real or not.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Like a reality-show version of The Devil Wears Prada... with tantalizingly plausible nuggets.” –USA Today

"Elimination Night is as absorbingly entertaining as a certain televised singing competition. The anonymous author's biting roman � clef may seem fueled by hyperbolic satire, but that is the only rational response to the manic microcosm it depicts. Even a noted curmudgeonly judge from the U.K. would have to pass this full-throated send-up on to the next round with flying, hilarious colors.” –Teddy Wayne, author of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine and Kapitoil

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