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Parallel Lies
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Author(s): Stella Duffy  
ISBN: 1844080250
ISBN-13: 9781844080250
Publication Date: 06 Apr 2006
Pages: 256 (198 x 126)
Format: Paperback
Published Price: £7.99


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DESCRIPTION:
Celebrity, identity and sexuality - the three poles of our fame-obsessed society, each one a magnet for secrets and lies. Despite her youth, Russian-born Yana Ivanova is already a Hollywood legend. She lives in a beautiful house in Beverly Hills with Jimmy, a sitcom star, and Penny, her British PA. Theirs is a strange and uneasy partnership, held together by sex, secrets and the fear of scandal. Then Yana starts receiving threatening letters from an anonymous but very knowledgeable source. Suspicion turns to fear, and fear leads to murder. But who exactly is conning whom? Stella Duffy has written crime novels and dark romantic comedies. Here she combines the two in a smart, sexy, suspenseful new novel. Poison pen letters, fake identities, misplaced affection, betrayal and murder ...Still think a menage a trois sounds fun?

REVIEWS:
* 'Wealth, celebrity, sexuality and a tangled web of secrets ...Oh boy, what a mix. And it works . . . It was my first introduction to this writer and I'll be coming back for more' IRISH EXAMINER * 'Highly entertaining . . . offers a salutary corrective to the airbrushed picture presented by the Hollywood publicity machine' DAILY MAIL * 'A fine piece of writing . . . a powerful talent . . . a tough, poignant book' GUARDIAN * '[A] warm, witty and truthful love story . . .' TIME OUT * 'Welcome to a world in which the urge to make believe is even stronger off set than on, and no one is quite who they claim to be' YOU

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:
Stella Duffy is the author of Parallel Lies, State of Happiness, Singling out the Couples, Eating Cake and Immaculate Conceit, and the Saz Martin crime series Calendar Girl, Wavewalker, Beneath the Blonde, Fresh Flesh and Mouths of Babes. She has published over thirty short stories, many feature articles, and also writes for radio and theatre. With Lauren Henderson, she edited the anthology Tart Noir, from which her short story 'Martha Grace' won the 2002 CWA Short Story Dagger Award. Her novel State of Happiness was longlisted for the Orange Prize 2004 and she is adapting it for a film to be produced by Fiesta Productions, Zentropa/Zuma and Bier Films. Stella Duffy was born in the UK, grew up in New Zealand and now lives in London. In addition to her writing work, she is an actor and improviser. Her website is www.tartcity.com.

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