Her Only Sin - Softcover

Stein, Benjamin

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ISBN 10: 0312906366 ISBN 13: 9780312906368

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1987

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Susan-Marie Warmack is a Hollywood executive with the talent to make every dream come true--except her longing for genuine happiness and love

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From Publishers Weekly:

Even when she deliberately hid behind a mousy exterior, Susan-Marie Warmack showed seeds of genius and an inner beauty. Her childhood friend, Benjy, offers her a job in the Nixon White House analyzing the public mood through TV and movie trends. From there, it's just a small jump to Republic Studios in Hollywood, where Susan-Marie quickly finds a benefactor, a corner office, and an increasing number of admirers. She marries much-lauded director Paul Belzberg, a weak, petulant man who undercuts his new wife by belittling her talent and mocking her ideas. But Susan-Marie ignores him, turning out box-office successes that rapidly outstrip Paul's dwindling reputation. Meantime, Benjy has come to Hollywood on his friend's coattails, and remains there as a writer, chronicling the decline of her marriage. With an aplomb Louis B. Mayer would envy, Susan-Marie continues to wrap up deals while enmeshed in a proxy battle and divorce with Paul, even as a raging fire and an armed lunatic converge on her Malibu home. Billed as a roman a clef, the novel is at its best when Stein (Dreemz and 'Ludes recounts seamy tales of Hollywood with lip-smacking relish. The book is generally unengaging otherwise, reaching for high drama but settling for pure camp instead. 35,000 first printing; $35,000 ad/promo. March 4
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From Library Journal:

One of Stein's earlier books, 'Ludes , was a riveting portrait of drug obsession. This latest also portrays obsession, but this time the obsession is power. Susan-Marie Warmack, beautiful and intelligent, rises from an abused child to one of the supreme powers of Hollywood. Everything she touches is a success as she moves to the topeverything but her personal life. Her almost fatal flaw is her penchant for choosing the wrong man. All this is seen through the sympathetic eyes of Benjy, Susan's childhood friend. The style is fast and full of real-life people and contemporary allusions. There's a little of Ann Beatty's style of throwing in lots of brand-names, song titles, etc.surrounding the plot in popular culture to create a completely "now" ambiance. An exciting roman a clef for readers who can never get enough of this sort thing. Rosellen Brewer, Monterey Cty. Lib., Seaside, Cal.
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