{"product_id":"dolls-dolls-dolls-9780143133506b","title":"Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe unbelievable-but-true, inside story of Jacqueline Susann's pop culture icon Valley of the Dolls--the landmark novel and publishing phenomenon, the infamous smash hit film (\"the best worst movie ever made\"), and Dolls's thriving legacy today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls has reigned as one of the most influential and beloved pieces of commercial fiction. Selling over thirty-one million copies worldwide, it revolutionized overnight the way books got sold, thanks to the tireless and canny self-promoting Susann. It also generated endless speculation about the author's real-life models for its larger-than-life characters. Turned in 1967 into an international box-office sensation and morphing into a much-beloved cult film, its influence endures today in everything from films and TV shows to fashion and cosmetics tributes and tie-ins. Susann's compulsive readable exposé of three female friends finding success in New York City and Hollywood was a scandalous eye-opener for its candid treatment of sex, naked ambition, ageism, and pill-popping, and the big screen version was one of the most-seen and talked-about movies of the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDolls! Dolls! Dolls!\u003c\/i\u003e digs deep into the creation of that hugely successful film--a journey nearly as cut-throat, sexually-charged, tragic, and revelatory as Susann's novel itself--and uncovers how the movie has become a cherished, widely imitated camp classic, thanks to its over-the-top performances, endlessly quotable absurd dialogue, outré costumes and hairdos, despite the high aspirations, money, and talent lavished on it. Screenwriter-journalist-film historian Stephen Rebello has conducted archival research and new interviews to draw back the velvet curtain on the behind-the-scenes intrigue, feuds and machinations that marked the film's production. In doing so, he unveils a rich, detailed history of fast-changing, late 1960s Hollywood, on screen and off.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820161306704,"sku":"9780143133506B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780143133506-l.jpg?v=1785878729","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/dolls-dolls-dolls-9780143133506b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}