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Being There
Jerzy Kosinski
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Description for Being There
Paperback. A novel which became a film starring Peter Sellers. It is the tale of a simple man accidentally thrown into a world of sex, money, power and national television, to become a media superstar and a household name. The author's other novels include "Steps", which won America's National Book Award. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance - he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into a world of sex, money, power - and national television - he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour - and, who knows, perhaps the next President of the United States of America.
The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance - he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into a world of sex, money, power - and national television - he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour - and, who knows, perhaps the next President of the United States of America.
Product Details
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552990370
SKU
V9780552990370
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99
About Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski won France's Best Foreign Book Award for The Painted Bird, the National Book Award in Fiction for Steps, and received the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters' Award in Literature. He is also the author of Being There, The Devil Tree, Cockpit, Blind Date, Passion Play and Pinball, and of several non-fiction works. His books ... Read more
Reviews for Being There
'Not until you put the book down do you realize how chilling is the image of ourselves in Kosinski's mirror...It will survive as a seminal work'
John Barkham
Saturday Review
'Chance, a fabulous creature of our age'
Time
'Being There is a reverse parable, highly polished and patterned to the ... Read more
John Barkham
Saturday Review
'Chance, a fabulous creature of our age'
Time
'Being There is a reverse parable, highly polished and patterned to the ... Read more