Tell-All

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Tell-All
First edition cover
AuthorChuck Palahniuk
IllustratorEric Danner
Cover artistRodrigo Corral
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
May 4, 2010
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages179
ISBN978-0-385-52635-7
LC ClassPS3566.A4554 T45

Tell-All is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk,[1] released on May 4, 2010. It is his 11th novel. A preview video, with the tagline: "Boy Meets Girl. Boy Gets Girl. Boy Kills Girl?" was released to entice fans prior to the novel's release.

Plot summary

The novel, an homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood, is narrated by Hazel "Hazie" Coogan, a lifelong employee and caretaker of aging actress Katherine "Miss Kathie" Kenton.

When a suitor named Webster Carlton Westward III manages to weasel his way into Miss Kathie’s heart (and bed), Hazie is suspicious. Upon discovering that Westward has already written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie’s death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman–penned musical extravaganza, Hazie worries that Westward's intentions may be less than honorable, and may even be deadly.

References

  1. ^ Murphy, Tim. "Soap Star", New York, 9 May 2010.