Synopsis
Gorgeous, funny, and wildly uninhibited, her exes are a veritable Who's Who of Hollywood power players. At 28 (31), she is blessed with a firm (if curvaceous) bod, a designer wardrobe, a Daddy-subsidized apartment, and an A-list speed-dial.
But with her thirty-second birthday looming, our heroine is starting to panic. Who on earth (read: Hollywood) could possibly make Clarissa Alpert an honest woman? Enter Aaron Mason, the latest hottest new producer in town. From the moment Clarissa sees him, she sets her sights on making him the future "Mr. Alpert."
With the eager help of her vivacious (if neurotic) friends, her aerobicized Latina mother, her philandering (but loving) ex-con father, and the most divine gay waiter in Hollywood, Clarissa finds herself phoning the florist to the stars (his private line) and planning the biggest wedding the town has seen in years -- before the couple's first date. Catching Aaron's eye is not a problem. But it seems her intended might have his...
The Los Angeles Times
Maneater is in the fine tradition of the trash novel, but Grazer displays a self-satirical edge not found in the works of, say, Jacqueline Susann. And while the book has its moments of déjà vu there's a genetic link with Bridget Jones's Diary, and Clarissa's musings often sound like the voice-over from an episode of "Sex and the City" the influence of Erica Jong is equally distinct. — Jonathan Kirsch