The Devil Wears Prada
Loved the movie? Read the book!
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4.2 • 49 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The classic multi-million-copy bestseller that inspired the film and the musical!
*NOW A WEST END MUSICAL, written by Elton John and starring Vanessa Williams*
High fashion, low cunning – and the boss from hell …
When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway, she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly – her new boss.
A year later, she knows altogether too much. She knows that it's a sacking offence to wear anything lower than a three-inch heel to work, that you can charge cars, manicures, anything at all to the Runway account, but you must never, ever, leave your desk, or let Miranda's coffee get cold. And she knows that at 3 a.m. on a Sunday, when your boyfriend's dumping you because you're always at work, if Miranda phones, you jump.
But this is Andrea’s big break – it's going to be worth it in the end.
Isn't it?
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Devil Wears Prada is everyone's favourite book ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Watched the movie several times years ago, so glad followed up my inspiration to try the book. I was looking for something funny and entertaining and sure found it!'
'If you haven't read and are looking for a holiday read then you should buy it'
'It's sharp, witty and sarcastic, giving a hilarious insight into the fashion industry. A great read for a relaxing evening'
'The main character in this book was so easy to relate to and the story was wonderful escapism'
Reviews
PRAISE FOR THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA:
‘This little gem mixes Sex and the City charm with dry New York wit.’ REAL
‘Sassy, insightful and sooo Sex and The City, you'll be rushing to the bookshop for your copy like it's a half price Prada sale.’ COMPANY
‘The most fun we've had in ages.’ HEAT
‘Delicious…a great insight into the world of magazines and fashion.’ RED
About the author
Lauren Weisberger is the author of The Devil Wears Prada, which was a UK and US number one bestseller and spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. The film version starring Meryl Streep won a Golden Globe Award and grossed over $300 million worldwide. Her successive novels have also been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers.
Lauren lives in Connecticut with her family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Most recent college grads know they have to start at the bottom and work their way up. But not many picture themselves having to pick up their boss's dry cleaning, deliver them hot lattes, land them copies of the newest Harry Potter book before it hits stores and screen potential nannies for their children. Charmingly unfashionable Andrea Sachs, upon graduating from Brown, finds herself in this precarious position: she's an assistant to the most revered and hated woman in fashion, Runway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. The self-described "biggest fashion loser to ever hit the scene," Andy takes the job hoping to land at the New Yorker after a year. As the "lowest-paid-but-most-highly-perked assistant in the free world," she soon learns her Nine West loafers won't cut it everyone wears Jimmy Choos or Manolos and that the four years she spent memorizing poems and examining prose will not help her in her new role of "finding, fetching, or faxing" whatever the diabolical Miranda wants, immediately. Life is pretty grim for Andy, but Weisberger, whose stint as Anna Wintour's assistant at Vogue couldn't possibly have anything to do with the novel's inspiration, infuses the narrative with plenty of dead-on assessments of fashion's frivolity and realistic, funny portrayals of life as a peon. Andy's mishaps will undoubtedly elicit laughter from readers, and the story's even got a virtuous little moral at its heart. Weisberger has penned a comic novel that manages to rise to the upper echelons of the chick-lit genre.
Customer Reviews
Entertaining!!
Awesome read. The pages turn on their own.