Make Me Famous
A Novel
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- $299.00
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- $299.00
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AN INDIE NEXT PICK
“The exact thing we need right now: a fierce, fearless, and funny novel about celebrity and our almost pathological obsession with it.” —Boston Globe
Daisy Jones and the Six meets Patricia Highsmith in this addictive, intense novel about the brutal and ferocious road to glory, from the award-winning author of My Husband.
Ever since she was a child, Cléo, the French-American daughter of two academics, has had only one obsession: becoming a famous singer. Over the years, to everyone’s surprise but her own, she overcomes every obstacle and becomes a global superstar with millions of dollars, countless awards, and several Los Angeles villas to her name. But as any celebrity will tell you, getting to the top is one thing; staying there is another.
Now thirty-three years old, Cléo is taking her first real vacation in years, on a remote island with no one else in sight. With the never-ending spin cycle of her life finally on pause and no paparazzi peeking out from behind the coconut palms, she can work on her fourth album in peace. Except that with so much time to think, she can’t help but ruminate on her past—including how, just six months earlier, things started to go very, very wrong . . .
Taking place between New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and the South Pacific, Make Me Famous is a brilliant sophomore novel from Maud Ventura that dives intoxicatingly deep into the machinations of one woman’s complicated mind, and her relentless pursuit of fame.
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In the smashing sophomore novel from Ventura (My Husband), an amoral singer reflects on her tortured past and trouble with stardom. Raised in Paris by intellectual parents, Cleo Louvent knew at four years old that she wanted to be "as famous as Celine Dion." Now, at 33, she's determined to escape the endless demands of life as a worldwide pop sensation. She sequesters herself on an exclusive island retreat in the South Pacific to work on her fourth album. Alone at last, Cleo ruminates on her early determination to be successful and adored like her female idols and remembers how she self-harmed when she felt she deserved punishment for her early failures. After her TikTok video of a Billy Joel cover had gone viral several years earlier, she seized the moment, sending her songs to managers and producers and hanging out in trendy clubs. Taking measure of her determination to stay on top of the charts no matter the cost, she reflects, "Extreme notoriety unleashed in me a beast, merciless and cruel.... Fame is a war trophy, and no one is ever ready to give it up." Cleo's voice is bracing and undeniable, and Ventura pulls it all together with a shocking and deeply satisfying ending. This is unforgettable.
