{"product_id":"to-die-for-9781497643826","title":"To Die For","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joyce Maynard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Integrated Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - Suspense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"That's the beauty of television. It's like an eye that's on you all the time. . . . Kind of like God, if you want to get heavy.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLocal weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she's ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaynard's brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel--adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman--was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV--a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411174121623,"sku":"9781497643826","price":1684.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781497643826.webp?v=1767149850","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/to-die-for-9781497643826","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}