{"product_id":"to-die-for","title":"To Die for","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A seductive page-turner\" about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLabor Day \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she's ready. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maynard's brilliant, funny, and groundbreaking novel--adapted by Gus Van Sant into the cult classic movie of the same name, starring Nicole Kidman--was first published in 1992 before the era of manufactured stardom and the phenomenon of televised murder trials as entertainment. The book still stands as a razor-sharp satire of celebrity-fixated culture and the American obsession with TV--a novel that imagined the phenomenon of reality television before its creation, with alternately bone-chilling and hilarious accuracy.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942309560551,"sku":"9781497643826","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c1d58297-1936-40e0-a406-d50ddfd0cfc8.jpg?v=1775250069","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/to-die-for","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}