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Title: Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs ISBN: 031226772X Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 07 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53
Rating: 5
Summary: a hoot!
Comment: This book is hysterical -- it shows the soap opera that is the lives of the minor celebrities who make up a popular home shopping network. One is receiving [prank] letters telling her how hairy she is to the point she has developed a major complex and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Another accidentally exposes himself on TV and gets fired, thus looking for another gig. Yet another is sleeping with the boss and, while it gets her more desirable time slots for her show, she doesn't get any marriage proposals.
A light, funny and quick read, Sellevision makes sure you never regard home shopping in quite the same way again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sedaris meets Vonnegut
Comment: I picked up this book because I liked the cover - read the first page in the store, and rushed home to buy it on Amazon. On the basis of that first page, I had prepared myself for the kind of involvement and hilarity that I have come to expect from David Sedaris, and I was not disappointed. Burroughs is a master storyteller - he gets the details right, creates characters that leap from the page, and makes you howl with laughter. This is a great romp through the world of home shopping networks, if we could but peek behind the scenes and infuse it with the wicked imagination it surely begs for. I hated tosee Sellevision end, because ther is nothing more therapeutic than a great laugh -- I eagarly await Mr. Burrough's next novel. In fact I am going to sit right here and wait. Hurry......
Rating: 5
Summary: Have We Got A Deal For You...229 Pages of Hilarity
Comment: This marvelously wicked and well written novel was a definite treat to read.
Augusten Burroughs will hook you with the very first sentence! What follows is a riotous behind-the-scenes romp through the world of the Sellevision Retail Broadcasting Network.
Witness egos clashing on a regular basis! Laugh as the on air talent creatively try to back-stab one another! This entertaining cast of characters are constantly jockeying for a better and more lucrative spot in the limelight, all the while trying to sell you and your family a Princess Diana key fob. It's a devilish mix of "Soapdish" and "American Beauty"!
This novel is a delight! Each and every character is well crafted. I still can't find one I like over another. Readers get a look at each of their personal lives, as well as their on-air ones. All of which are screwed up to various degrees! Hilariously so!
Of all the cast, Bebe Friedman is the proverbial rat in charge of the cheese. Not only is she one of Sellevision's most popular hosts; but, she also has an obsessive compulsive thing for shopping. Her $19,287.64 American Express bill is a testament to that fact. Plus, as she surmises, she knows that there will be someone somewhere in her life that will love a roulette wheel for a Christmas gift.
"Sellevision" is fast, sharp and funny. For his first novel, Augusten Burroughs does a fantastic job of entertaining the reader! I look forward to his next work!
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Title: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs ISBN: 0312283709 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Book of Liz by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris ISBN: 0822218275 Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young ISBN: 030681188X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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