About this title: This satire revolves around Sellevision, a hot shopping channel, and the odd cast of characters who work for it, buy from it, and become involved with each other.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2000-09-07
ISBN-13:9780312267728ISBN:031226772X
Description: Good. Mild shelf wear; Mild bumping and wear to corners and spine ends; Tanning to page edges; Mild wear to spine hinges; Mild rubbing and wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780739448267ISBN:0739448269
Description: Very Good. DJ shows slight edge wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Slight corner creasing on a few pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312422288ISBN:0312422288
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is in excellent condition. Cover and pages are clean, binding is tight. We ship daily, Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
Binding: Other
Publisher: St. Martin's Press/Audio Renaissance;, N. Y. :
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781593978525ISBN:1593978529
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 1593978529. 24mo (5.75") 15 cm; CD; 6 audio CDs in color illustrated slipcase. Unabridged. Read by Robin Miles.; All CDs present and pristine, not a scratch. Slipcase has light wear, all corners and seams intact. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN-13:9780312422288ISBN:0312422288
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312422288ISBN:0312422288
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780312422288ISBN:0312422288
Description: Good. Good 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Signed by the author on the title page, the book is a bit shelf-worn, the edges and corners are bumped and the first fifty or so pages are a somewhat wavy from water damage. The interior is in otherwise good condition and the binding is tight. There is a sticker on the front cover that advertises the book as an "Autographed Copy. " read more
Edition: First British Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atlantic Books, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781843543640ISBN:1843543648
Description: As New. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Unread paperback from the bestselling author of 'Running with Scissors'. 229 pages-next post dispatch. read more
This is the first piece of fiction I've read by Mr. Burroughs but I can see where he blends some of his own existence in with this world he's created in fiction. it's the story of the human condition. The good Christian church-going woman who finds in outlet in Valium and alcohol; her husband who is sleeping with the underage neighbor; the 40 something year old woman that looks to the internet to find true love; the trust fund baby who has never had to work for anything in her life; the employee that is sleeping with her boss that promises to leave his wife for her; and the man that is not planning on actually leaving his wife.
It's the American story told through the comedic eyes and wit of Burroughs making all of these unfortunate situations somehow hysterical. Or maybe they just made me laugh and I have a weird sense of humor? Be that as it may, Burroughs had me so enveloped in each of his characters that I had to find out what happened and literally did not put it down til I was finished."
"This is the only book I have read so far that has actually made me laugh out loud. It has a lot of personality with Augusten Burroughs' writing style, full of hilarious life situations and characters that fall victim to them. A very enjoyable, fast paced book."
"After reading all of Augusten Burroughs other books, which were memoirs, I had to read his novel (written after he wrote "Running with Scissors", his first book, I believe). Without spoilers, after I read his second book "Dry" and I realized he had written "Sellevision" while working as an ad executive and basically raging alcoholic-I wondered how good it would be.
Well, it was terrific. Funny, laugh out loud funny. The story is purely fictional, however based on home shopping network hosts and probably, QVC, due to the location of the story (Philly).
I read it in one day. Hopefully, he'll write more fiction also. Terrific writer, very insightful."
"I really liked Sellevision and the idea of it. I'm always a fan of books that give a "behind the scenes" look at something that is rarely seen. I admit, I even watched a bit of the home shopping type networks just because I wanted to think up stories about the hosts. Most of the book I was alternating between shaking my head in disgust (to what situations the characters had gotten themselves into) and cheering on tiny triumphs or some characters getting what they deserved. In short, this was a pleasant enough book and worth reading."
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