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Arts & Entertainments: A Novel (2014)

by Christopher Beha(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0062322478 (ISBN13: 9780062322470)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ecco

review 1: A failed, indebted New York actor sells a sex tape of a former lover who's made it big. He thinks he can remain anonymous, which lasts about 30 seconds, and his life spirals out of control in hilarious ways. Beha offers fast-paced social satire, an Evelyn Waugh or Peter De Vries for the reality television age. The best jabs are at the celebrity entertainment industry and the ways we all turn our lives into performances for social media.
review 2: This book tells the story of Eddie Hartley, an acting teacher at a private Catholic school in New York City. Eddie had dreams of making the big time, but those dreams are gone. The book begins with his 15th high school reunion--Eddie teaches at the same school he attended himself. Eddie's wife Susan desperately wants t... moreo have a family, but fertility treatments are beyond his salary. Eddie comes up with a way to get the money, but this backfires in a big way. The book is a parody of our celebrity-obsessed culture, with its reality TV and ubiquitous social media. It's amusing and quite well written. I'm only giving it 3 stars because the subject got boring to me, I'm just not that interested in the world it parodies. As I said, though, the writing is high quality. less

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