The Afterparty

(Paperback)

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This book is different. You've really never read a book like this before. Literary agent Valerie Morrell receives an email from prospective author William Mendez, containing the first chapters of a promising new novel. Mendez's book tells the story of an April night, when a nervous, nerdy journalist takes his boss's invitation to an A-list party and meets a reclusive film star, his junkie supermodel wife and a wide-eyed pop singer. Valerie is hooked by the scandalous tale of decadence, drugs and disasters, but as the book unfolds, chapter by chapter, email by email, building to a terrible climax, a parallel story emerges - of an author with an unusual, almost unreal, desire for anonymity. Who is William Mendez And whose tale is he really telling... WITH PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN MATERIAL FOR THE PAPERBACK LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE

Reviews

This is the well-written, intelligent satire on celebrity we've been waiting for -- Ben East * Metro *
Brilliant * Guardian *
Sardonic, sparkling, scathing * Independent on Sunday *
A topsy-turvy tour de force -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman *
The Afterparty is a blast: a pacy and amusing satire of celebrity shenanigans, wrapped in glittery postmodern sweetie-wrappers -- Sam Leith * Observer *

Author Bio

Leo Benedictus is an award-winning Guardian features writer. He was born in London in 1975, and studied English at Oxford University. In 1999, he was fired from his job in advertising. The Afterparty is his first novel.