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The Second Assistant: A Tale From the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder
by Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare
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- Paperback
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0452286107
- ISBN 13
- 9780452286108
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About This Item
New York: A Plume Book/Plum Books, 2005. 1st Plume Printing: April 2005 . Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Robin Neild (Cover Illustrator). 360 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Small tear on bottom of spine. Creased cover corners.
Synopsis
A fast-paced, breezy read about life at the bottom of the Hollywood food chain No political science degree could ever prepare Elizabeth Miller for her new job as a second assistant at The Agency, whose clients include everyone you’ve never met—but you know who they’re sleeping with. A former congressional intern in Washington, Lizzie made a bid for a life change that landed her a job a world away, where ethics and First Amendment debates take a backseat to pleading the Fifth for Ritalin-snorting boss Scott Wagner. He’s the hottest young agent in Hollywood, who devotes his days to playing online poker—that is, when he’s not closing a $30 million deal for one of his AAA-list clients. And while getting six-hundred-dollar highlights from Cameron’s colorist or organizing the strippers for George’s birthday party come close to causing heart failure for this East Coast girl, the real dangers lurk elsewhere. But Lizzie is a survivor, and no Machiavellian assistant, lecherous producer, or power struggle at The Agency can douse her nascent dreams of climbing up the Hollywood ladder. But first she has to run down to the Coffee Bean to pick up that triple espresso, or Scott is going to throw something....
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- Title
- The Second Assistant: A Tale From the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder
- Author
- Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare
- Illustrator
- Robin Neild (Cover Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Plume Printing: April 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452286107
- ISBN 13
- 9780452286108
- Publisher
- A Plume Book/Plum Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Fictional Novel, Literary Fiction & Novel, Contemporary Fiction
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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