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  • Unknown. (2010). "Tell-All".[1]
  • Samantha Nelson. (May 13 2010). "Chuck Pallahniuk: Tell-All".[2]
  • Marisa Way. (May 6 2010). "Book Review: Chuck Pallahniuk, Tell-All".[3]
  • April Pierce. (2011). "Sex and Lies in Vintage Hollywood".[4]
  • John Lucas. (July 15 2015). " The only Tell-All worth reading".[5]
  • Tim Robey. (January 5 2010). "Tell-All by Chuck Pallahniuk: Review".[6]
  • Rachael Forrest. (April 25 2010). "Chuck Pallahniuk Brings his book 'Tell-all' to Portsmouth".[7]
  • Tim Murphy. (May 9 2010) "Soap Star".[8]

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Tell-All From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tell-All TellAll.jpg First edition cover Author Chuck Palahniuk Country United States Language English Publisher Doubleday Publication date May 4, 2010 Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 179 ISBN 978-0-385-52635-7 LC Class PS3566.A4554 T45

Tell-All is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk,[9]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. The paperback was released on May 31, 2011, with the cover by Rodrigo Corral Design, featuring illustration by Eric Danner. 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

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

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Chuck Palluhniuk is a well known author mostly for his book, Fight Club. Chuck Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a journalist and as a diesel mechanic.[10] He’s an often ferocious literary saboteur whose books feel booby-trapped.Palahniuk wants to reproduce a kind of Tourette’s syndrome of celebrity mentionitis. [11] Palahniuk wrote Tell-All while his mother was dying of lung cancer. During her illness, he also wrote Damned (out next year), which was inspired by Judy Blume, about an 11-year-old girl named Madison who ends up in hell, where she’s quite popular. [12]

The plot is essentially a retelling of Sunset Boulevard narrated by Hazie Coogan. [13] Palahniuk manages to fit intriguing characters, a surprising plot, and thoughtful social commentary into a modest 179 pages. 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. The paperback was released on May 31, 2011, with the cover by Rodrigo Corral Design, featuring illustration by Eric Danner. Plot summary [14] The novel’s narrator is Hazie Coogan, a lifelong employee and caretaker of an aging actress and screen diva called Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton.[15] Katherine Kenton is an aging star, a fading ingénue in the autumn of an illustrious career on the silver screen. Hazie Coogan, not a "paid companion" or "vocational housekeeper" so much as a "surrogate spine", Hazie organises every aspect of her Miss Kathie's life, right down to the final bottle of whisky, the final Tuinal, the last Valium. She curates the ex-husbands, the Pekinese dogs, the jewels, the furs. [16] Danger arrives when a gentleman named Webster Carlton Westward III , who worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart (and boudoir). [17] Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman -penned musical extravaganza; as the body count mounts, while believing that Westward's intentions may be less than honorable, and may even be deadly, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity. [18]


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Chuck Palluhniuk is a well known author mostly for his book, Fight Club. Chuck Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington on February 21, 1962. He received a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1986. Before becoming a full-time author, he worked as a journalist and as a diesel mechanic.[10] He’s an often ferocious literary saboteur whose books feel booby-trapped.Palahniuk wants to reproduce a kind of Tourette’s syndrome of celebrity mentionitis. [11] Palahniuk wrote Tell-All while his mother was dying of lung cancer. During her illness, he also wrote Damned (out next year), which was inspired by Judy Blume, about an 11-year-old girl named Madison who ends up in hell, where she’s quite popular. [12]

The plot is essentially a retelling of Sunset Boulevard narrated by Hazie Coogan. [13] Palahniuk manages to fit intriguing characters, a surprising plot, and thoughtful social commentary into a modest 179 pages. [14] The novel’s narrator is Hazie Coogan, live-in help to an aging screen diva called Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton.[15] Katherine Kenton is an aging star, a fading ingénue in the autumn of an illustrious career on the silver screen. Hazie Coogan, not a "paid companion" or "vocational housekeeper" so much as a "surrogate spine", Hazie organises every aspect of her Miss Kathie's life, right down to the final bottle of whisky, the final Tuinal, the last Valium. She curates the ex-husbands, the Pekinese dogs, the jewels, the furs. [16] Danger arrives when gentleman named Webster Carlton Westward III , who worms his way into Miss Kathie's heart (and boudoir). Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie's death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman -penned musical extravaganza; as the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans--and for posterity. [18]


Notes

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  1. ^ "Summary/Reviews: Tell-all /". www.buffalolib.org. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  2. ^ "Chuck Palahniuk: Tell-All". www.avclub.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  3. ^ "Book Review: Chuck Palahniuk, Tell-All - The Daily Iowan". www.dailyiowan.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  4. ^ "THE CRITICAL FLAME :: April Pierce on Chuck Palahniuk's Tell-All". www.criticalflame.org. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. ^ "The only Tell All worth reading". GQ. https://plus.google.com/102421771373446710182. Retrieved 2015-10-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk: review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  7. ^ "Chuck Palahniuk brings his book 'Tell-All' to Portsmouth". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  8. ^ "Soap Star". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  9. ^ "Soap Star". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  10. ^ a b "Summary/Reviews: Tell-all /". www.buffalolib.org. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  11. ^ a b "Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk: review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  12. ^ a b "Soap Star". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  13. ^ a b "User:Tanner Walker Howell/sandbox". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ a b "Book Review: Chuck Palahniuk, Tell-All - The Daily Iowan". www.dailyiowan.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  15. ^ a b "Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk: review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  16. ^ a b "The only Tell All worth reading". GQ. https://plus.google.com/102421771373446710182. Retrieved 2015-10-28. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Soap Star". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  18. ^ a b "Summary/Reviews: Tell-all /". www.buffalolib.org. Retrieved 2015-10-28.