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Tell-All

By Chuck Palahniuk
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Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk is a satirical novel peering into the world of Hollywood glamour and scandal. It follows an ageing movie star, whose life is meticulously recorded by her confidante and assistant. Packed with name-dropping and intrigue, the narrative explores themes of fame, obsession, and betrayal in a tantalising blend of noir and comedy.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate satirical takes on celebrity culture and enjoy a narrative that blends dark humour with a melodramatic flair. Set in the glitzy world of Old Hollywood, it's a gripping tale filled with scandal, betrayal, and the eccentric charms of an unreliable narrator.

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'Every word he's written about me is a lie including "and" and "the"...'

For decades Hazie Coogan has tended to the outsized needs of Katherine 'Miss Kathie' Kenton, a star of the wattage of Elizabeth Taylor and the emotional torments of Judy Garland.

Chuck Palahniuk tackles Hollywood, in an hilarious assault on celebrity, and the Golden Age of Hollywood, when grand dames ruled the roost

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Chuck Palahniuk tackles Hollywood in a hilarious assault on celebrity and the Golden Age of Hollywood, when grand dames ruled the roost.

'Every word he's written about me is a lie including "and" and "the"...'

For decades, Hazie Coogan has tended to the outsized needs of Katherine 'Miss Kathie' Kenton, a star with the wattage of Elizabeth Taylor and the emotional torments of Judy Garland. The survivor of multiple marriages, career comebacks, and cosmetic surgeries, Miss Kathie lives the way legends should.

But danger lurks when gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III arrives and worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart and boudoir. Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written his celebrity tell-all memoir, which foretells her death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman-penned World War II musical extravaganza, Unconditional Surrender, in which Miss Kathie portrays Lily defeating Japanese forces from Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki.

As the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans—and for posterity...

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Reviews highlight Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk as a darkly humorous and stylishly written satire on celebrity culture. The book features Palahniuk's characteristic sharp wit and acerbic one-liners. Critics appreciate his masterful and cutting writing style, comparing his ability to craft contemporary fairy tales with that of Kurt Vonnegut.

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ISBN: 9780099526988

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 138g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Chuck Palahniuk is the author of fourteen best-selling novels - Beautiful You, Doomed, Damned, Tell-All, Pygmy, Snuff, Rant, Haunted, Diary, Lullaby, Choke, Invisible Monsters, Survivor, and Fight Club. He is also the author of Fugitives and Refugees and the non-fiction collection Stranger Than Fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. Visit him on the web at chuckpalahniuk.net.

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