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Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber: The Katya Livingston Chronicles Book

It's really not a bad idea. Adele Lang joins the throng of post-Bridget Jones novelists with Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, a fictional diary by Katya Livingstone, an advertising copywriter-turned-journalist who is, in short, a nasty piece of work. Katya has never met a friend she didn't stab in the back, a boss she didn't take advantage of, or a man whose net worth she didn't appraise in five seconds flat. Most of Ms. Jones's offspring are dear, dewy, put-upon creatures. Sure, they crack wise, but mostly they seem to mope around hoping for Mr. Right to happen upon them. The idea of a vile anti-heroine out to screw the world before it screws her has a certain appeal. Unfortunately, Lang's reach has exceeded her grasp, and the result is far from heavenly. The book veers wildly in tone. We never know quite how we're supposed to feel about Katya: Should we despise her? Admire her for her chutzpah? Or just shut the book in frustration? Meanwhile, sloppy grammar and unfunny jokes topple this tenuous house of cards. --Claire DedererRead More

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  • Product Description

    After weasel-eyed tax inspectors question her work-related claims, Katya Livingston is forced to keep a financial diary. While documenting the cruel and parsimonious ways of her ad agency boss, Katya waxes lyrical about putting up with loser friends, moral enemies, and thoroughly bad restaurants. She also throws in a completely candid account of her love life, just in case some of it is tax deductible. What begins as a private account of expenses rapidly becomes, through Katyas chronic delusions of grandeur, a matter of public record: first as a tawdry gossip column, then as a salacious book, and finally as a Hollywood B movie.Bitingly written with wit and style, Adle Langs scathingly funny first novel is Absolutely Fabulous meets Bridget Jones.

  • 0312288115
  • 9780312288112
  • Adele Lang
  • 1 June 2002
  • Thomas Dunne Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 208
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