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Synopsis
Meet Viva Cohen: her bedroom walls are plastered with posters of silver-screen legends, and underneath her school uniform she wears vintage thigh-high stockings. Her best friends are a drugged-out beauty queen and an aging rock star. She lives in London with her gay uncle Manny.
A bitingly funny and fiercely intelligent first novel, Namedropper takes you on a rowdy romp from London to Los Angeles, where Viva and her two best friends search for love, experience, and Jack Nicholson. It's a wild ride as she uncovers the icon in every person she meets.
Barnes & Noble Guide to New Fiction
Compared to Bret Easton Ellis -- this "hip" fiction debut takes readers on a wild ride with Viva Cohen, self-proclaimed bombshell with a streak of pure innocence, as she takes a trip to L.A. with her two ("vividly described") best friends, in search of love, experience, and Jack Nicholson. "It starts out with one laugh after another." Unfortunately, the product placement "tends to overtake the plot." It "reads quickly, but goes nowhere."