With his dark wit and corrosive dialogue, Eric Bogosian tells a
powerful and emotionally wrenching tale of two lovers who form a
mesmerizing and destructive bond while trying to evade the looming
failure of their respective lives. Reba runs away from her shabby
and desolate rural community for the lure of New York City. Her
tall and awkward frame lands her work modeling, but she is not
prepared for the glamorous, drug-fueled life of a celebrated
mannequin. After a series of painful relationships, she sees hope
and an exit toward stability and sanity in the man who saves her
brother's life. This man is Rick, a successful SoHo general
practitioner with a warm family and an idyllic life that has left
him restless and hollow. He doesn't take Reba seriously until he
finds himself so enmeshed in her beauty that he risks losing
everything--his home, his children and his beloved wife. Master
monologist and author of the acclaimed Mall returns with a
sprawling novel of urban desperation and desire that brings to mind
the winding narratives of Tom Wolfe salted with the dark urges of
Philip Roth. Wasted Beauty is Bogosian's enthralling journey
through the high life of drugs and fashion celebrity, middle-class
guilt and sexual obsession.
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