Normal Girl by Molly Jong-Fast

Normal Girl by Molly Jong-Fast

Someone once said Andy Warhol s funeral was like being at Studio 54. Jeff s funeral is the equivalent of being at Planet Hollywood. My plan is this: go to funeral, make appearance, leave, go to Greenwich with some people I find at the funeral. When in Greenwich, stay in mother s massive house and have big orgy-drug party. But I m flexible. Miranda is young, rich and famous, frantically filling the void at the centre of her life with a high-voltage cocktail of designer people, designer labels and designer drugs. But Jeff s death makes Miranda think again. After all, this girl doesn t want to be an afterthought before she s twenty ... Molly Jong- Fast's controversial first novel is a frightening look at the lives of a privileged elite. Sharply observed, often funny, often shocking and brutal, it is a critical look at the indulgences of the 'Me Generation' and a rallying call for a new morality.

So much talent, so young a writer! Hard-edged, savage, funny, brilliant- Fay Weldon

Normal Girl is a searing, bitchy, funny novel about priviledge in wretched excess and the accidental nature of grace--a fin de siecle East Coast Less Than Zero from the female point of view. Molly Jong-Fast is a prodigy. Parents everywhere should be horrified by this deeply impressive debut. - Jay McInerney

She rides the roller-coaster of her teenage years - Daily Telegraph

It is part autobiography, part daughter's revenge and part elaboration of her new-found, old fashioned prescription for living - Philip Delves Broughton, Weekend Telegraph

[Molly Jong-Fast] spares no blushes - Observer

[Normal Girl] is already poised to be as talked-about as Fear of Flying - Brendan Lemon, Interview Magazine

it sparkles with an acerbic wit while providing a wry commentary on fashionable NYC society that holds its own alongside Molly's contemporary literary heroes like Tama Janowitz and Bret Easton Ellis. - The Face

a snappy and sassy tale of New York upper-class deprivation in the mould of Bret Easton Ellis - Image Magazine

Molly Jong-Fast is the daughter and granddaughter of distinguished writers: writing is in her blood. After much publicised battles with drugs, alcohol and eating disorders, she is a powerful voice for her generation. Molly Jong-Fast lives in Manhattan.

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ISBN 13	9780340748107
ISBN 10	0340748109
Title	Normal Girl
Author	Molly Jong-Fast
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2000-04-20
Number of pages	320
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