{"product_id":"to-die-for-9781497643826","title":"To Die For","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"That's the beauty of television. It's like an eye that's on you all the time. . . . Kind of like God, if you want to get heavy.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLocal weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she's ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaynard's brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel--adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman--was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV--a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoyce Maynard is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the memoir \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World\u003c\/i\u003e, translated into seventeen languages, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eLabor Day\u003c\/i\u003e. Maynard's most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eAfter Her\u003c\/i\u003e, also tells a story of sex and murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA former reporter with the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and longtime performer with the Moth, Maynard teaches writing at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, and makes her home in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669668139282,"sku":"9781497643826","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b006abdd-58f6-459b-abca-97b781489131.jpg?v=1733763183","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-die-for-9781497643826","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}