Thin Skin
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2014
224 pages
978-1-4088-6022-9 (ISBN)
Description
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'In Ruby, Forrest has created a Holden Caufield for our shallow, celebrity-obsessed, self-absorbed times ... worthy of Bret Easton Ellis or Jay McInerney. If you ever thought about trying to become a star, let Thin Skin be a warning to you' - Jon Ronson
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'My talents are: I knew what I wanted. I knew what I didn't want. I knew at a young age I have the added advantage of scrubbing up nicely when I feel like it, so I look like I have range, when really I just have good skin.'
At fifteen Ruby left home, got herself an agent and became a film star. Now twenty, she lives alone, in a world of hotels and fast food. Destructive and charming, cutting is Ruby's hobby. Her hair, her arms and occasional tattoos - her newest accessory is a bloodline necklace. A seductive blend of heroine and whore, she has left the man who loves her, been fired by her agent, and is starring in a film opposite the delectable Aslan. It is quite possibly her last chance.
Striking, funny and razor sharp, Thin Skin is a novel in which we see that sometimes you have to look over the edge in order to see your way back.
'In Ruby, Forrest has created a Holden Caufield for our shallow, celebrity-obsessed, self-absorbed times ... worthy of Bret Easton Ellis or Jay McInerney. If you ever thought about trying to become a star, let Thin Skin be a warning to you' - Jon Ronson
____________
'My talents are: I knew what I wanted. I knew what I didn't want. I knew at a young age I have the added advantage of scrubbing up nicely when I feel like it, so I look like I have range, when really I just have good skin.'
At fifteen Ruby left home, got herself an agent and became a film star. Now twenty, she lives alone, in a world of hotels and fast food. Destructive and charming, cutting is Ruby's hobby. Her hair, her arms and occasional tattoos - her newest accessory is a bloodline necklace. A seductive blend of heroine and whore, she has left the man who loves her, been fired by her agent, and is starring in a film opposite the delectable Aslan. It is quite possibly her last chance.
Striking, funny and razor sharp, Thin Skin is a novel in which we see that sometimes you have to look over the edge in order to see your way back.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-6022-9 (9781408860229)
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Emma Forrest
Thin Skin
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05/2002
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Person
Emma Forrest began her writing career as a journalist, contributing to the Sunday Times, Independent, Guardian and Saturday Telegraph magazine. Her debut novel, Namedropper, was published in 1998 and translated into five languages. Film Four are currently developing it as a film. In 2001 she sold an original screenplay, her first, to Bloc - Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's production company. Now twenty-five, she lives in Manhattan, where she is at work on her third novel.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Cast of Characters
- part one
- how it ended
- how it started
- different men's beds
- scott says
- to do list
- nap time
- the red-knuckle ride
- drew barrymore or natalie portman?
- best policy
- change of address
- way back when
- out of cash
- why sebastian should have been happy I dumped him
- compare and contrast
- i love you, fuck off
- pa
- co-starring
- the new world order
- maybe he just doesn't fancy her
- part two
- a challenge
- a ghost
- the hustle
- appraisal
- i was there first
- rachel's story
- critical respect
- rachel loses it
- thank you
- fat ass
- i invented russell crowe
- get me out of here
- the bug man
- the morning after
- last chance
- bad room-mate
- the other side
- sebastian sorts it out
- eastern european irritation
- ethnic wisdom
- i used to be frightened of flowers
- time to get up now
- you again?
- going-home present
- stick a fork in me, I'm done
- flavors
- the start
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Author
- By the Same Author
- Also Available by Emma Forrest
- eCopyright
