Author(s): CLARE NAYLOR AND MIMI HARE

SECONDHAND BOOKS | General Fiction

Following romans-a-clef about the terrors of upper East Side child care (The Nanny Diaries) and working at Vogue (The Devil Wears Prada) comes an assistant's-eye view of Hollywood.

The book is littered with references to Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and other stars. Insiders are speculating on the real-life models for some of the fictional characters. But considering the main character's boss, an agent, is described as a "coke-snorting, X-taking, Vicodin-popping junkie", no one's doing it in print.

Pan Books, 2004. A paperback copy in very good condition.