Trade Paperback
256 Pages, 5.63 x 8.63 x 0.61 in
August 24, 2009
Harpercollins Canada, Limited
155468319X
9781554683192
From the Publisher
Part celebrity piñata, part scorching social satire, Boldface
Names is a romp through the land of the rich, the famous and
the wicked. In the eye of the party storm is Ravi, a vertically
challenged gossip columnist (and self-confessed "tribe-traveller"),
who snoops and schmoozes and amasses gift bags. But all hell breaks
loose on the glittersphere when a mysterious D-list starlet is
parachuted into Ravi's life for safekeeping, setting off a
high-stakes game of secrets and lies. Adding to the drama? The
skeleton in Ravi's own closet!
Spanning from the beaches of Anguilla to the towers of Dubai, from
L.A. to London to the social mines of Toronto, Boldface
Names stops in at all the hottest tickets: the fashion shows,
book shindigs, race-car parties and champagne launches. Adorning
the hi-jinks are Govani's laser-sharp observations on human
behaviour, social milieus and the machinery of gossip. The
wisecracks fly at a Coward-esque pace and the action hums. But be
forewarned: no one is safe in Boldface Names.