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Fiction Satire

Bold Face Names

by (author) Shinan Govani

Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Initial publish date
Jul 2010
Category
Satire
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554683192
    Publish Date
    Aug 2009
    List Price
    $19.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443402804
    Publish Date
    Jul 2010
    List Price
    $11.99

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Part celebrity piñata, part scorching social satire, Boldface Names is a romp through the land of the rich, the famous and the wicked. In the eye of the party storm is Ravi, a vertically challenged gossip columnist (and self-confessed "tribe-traveller"), who snoops and schmoozes and amasses gift bags. But all hell breaks loose on the glittersphere when a mysterious D-list starlet is parachuted into Ravi's life for safekeeping, setting off a high-stakes game of secrets and lies. Adding to the drama? The skeleton in Ravi's own closet!

Spanning from the beaches of Anguilla to the towers of Dubai, from L.A. to London to the social mines of Toronto, Boldface Names stops in at all the hottest tickets: the fashion shows, book shindigs, race-car parties and champagne launches. Adorning the hi-jinks are Govani's laser-sharp observations on human behaviour, social milieus and the machinery of gossip. The wisecracks fly at a Coward-esque pace and the action hums. But be forewarned: no one is safe in Boldface Names.

About the author

Shinan Govani is the National Post's resident snoop, town crier and people watcher. In addition to frequent television appearances and being Page Six's "go-to-Canadian," Govani has also appeared in such publications as Salon, Details, George, and enRoute. "Shinan is to celebrity what the Bank of Canada is to the dollar," Toronto Life once said . He lives in Toronto.

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