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Little Known Facts Christine Sneed

Little Known Facts By Christine Sneed

Little Known Facts by Christine Sneed


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The debut novel from award-winning writer Christine Sneed: a many-layered story of fame, family and identity

Little Known Facts Summary

Little Known Facts: A Novel by Christine Sneed

Life as one of Hollywood's most handsome, charismatic and critically-acclaimed movie stars seems like a glitzy fairytale to the people who orbit around Renn Ivins. But for his grown children, Anna and Will, their father's fame threatens to permeate every aspect of their lives. For Anna - a diligent medical student with a promising future ahead of her but not so promising romantic prospects - the exploits of her celebrity father are a source of embarrassment and, at best, bemusement. Her brother Will, on the other hand, is floundering in a quarter-life crisis. The only thing to outlast his directionless career and failed relationships is his trust fund, but while he and Anna may be happy to use their father's money, they're less happy to use his influence. As the family, lovers and hangers-on of Renn Ivins struggle to forge their identities in the colossal shadow of his celebrity, Christine Sneed deftly unravels the secrets they tell each other and themselves. Little Known Facts is a multi-layered, deftly observed novel of the fallout of fame and fortune.

Little Known Facts Reviews

Sneed's wit, curiosity, empathy, and ability to divine the perfect detail propel this psychologically exquisite, superbly realized novel of intriguing, caricature-transcending characters and predicaments * Booklist *
Goes beyond the tabloid headlines... Sneed effectively blurs the line between fact and fiction and brings each character to life * Kirkus *
I grabbed Christine Sneed's novel Little Known Facts on my way out the door this weekend and ate it up. It's a great canny read: wry, observant, inventive in style, rich in character. Christine Sneed knows her Hollywood, but more than that, she knows her people * Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins and National Book Award finalist for The Zero *
The gravitational pull of fame in a celebrity-obsessed culture informs this smart, fresh debut novel about a family living in the shadow cast by its larger-than-life patriarch * Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award finalist for American Salvage *

About Christine Sneed

Christine Sneed has a creative writing MFA from Indiana University and has lived in Chicago and Evanston, IL since 1998. Her story collection, Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was named the Chicago Writer's Association Book of the Year, and has been chosen as the recipient of the John C. Zacharis Award. It was also longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Best American Short Stories and PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, among others. www.christinesneed.com

Additional information

GOR006341800
9781408833452
140883345X
Little Known Facts: A Novel by Christine Sneed
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20130117
336
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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