Valley of the Dolls
by Jacqueline Susann
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Author: Jacqueline SusannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09-22
ISBN: 0802135196
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Grove Press
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- ISBN13: 9780802135193
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "Valley of the Dolls' is a novel that time can only improve
Summary: 5 Stars
On its initial release, Valley of the Dolls was roundly denigrated by literary critics as nothing but trash. They were and are right, but high art and the modernist novel have nothing to do with the daily lives and everyday obsessions of America's crude, vital pop culture. This book is practically a Bible of America's true interests - sex, celebrities, drugs, money, and a Puritan moralizing that makes every character suffer for their pleasure. In the thirty years which have elapsed since it was published, America has only become more obsessed with the phenomena and personality types chronicled by Susann. That said, "Valley" is also terrifically entertaining, often hilarious, and always over-the-top. Although virtually ignored by most reviewers, I think one of the book's key strengths is the power and rude vigor of its language - this is the way America really talks. Susann's characters speak a vernacular bursting with vitality and peppery slang. The ch! aracters themselves, despite their somewhat improbable names (although are they really more improbable than the names of people like "sylvester Stallone" or "Tori Spelling?") are treated with the utmost understanding and sympathy by Susann. I've read this book many times, and each time I enjoy it more.
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