TELL-ALL by Chuck Palahniuk – Book Reviews
The new book from Chuck Palahniuk TELL-ALL was released this month. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, here is the synopsis of the book and some selected reviews so you can get an idea of what to expect. Tell-All Synopsis: Marinated in the world of vintage Hollywood, “Tell-All” is a “Sunset Boulevard”-inflected homage to Old Hollywood when Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ruled the roost; a veritable Tourette’s syndrome of rat-tat-tat name-dropping, from the A-list to the Z-list; and is vintage Palahniuk. Tell-All Reviews : Chuckpalahniuk.net – You can think of this as a vintage Hollywood version of “Glamorama” by Bret Easton Ellis. It’s a constant barrage of celebrity name-dropping (and in bold print, no less) with a slew of camera directions and editing room speak. Instead of Christian Bale we get Mickey Rooney. Kate Moss is replaced with women like Monroe, Garbo, and Joan Crawford. [...]
