Social Creature: 'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' (Guardian)

Tara Isabella Burton

Social Creature: 'A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan' (Guardian)
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
5 August 2019
Pages
288
ISBN
9781408896075

Social Creature: ‘A Ripleyesque exploration of female insecurity set among the socialites of Manhattan’ (Guardian)

Tara Isabella Burton

A friendship to die for.

A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New York; a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainable

Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being cat-called by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything - looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment…

Lavinia invites Louise into her charmed circle, takes her to underground speakeasies, the opera, shares her clothes, her drugs, her Uber account. Louise knows that this can’t last for ever, but just how far is she prepared to go to have this life? Or rather, to have Lavinia’s life?

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