Publication

2000 - St. Martin's Griffin, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

57,250 words, Guess

Page Count

229 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL6785942M
  • ISBN-10031226772X
  • OCLC Control Number44090536
  • Library of Congress Control Number00040264
  • LibraryThing12848
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  • Goodreads832122

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3552.U745 S45 2000

Description

Light and funny, with a bitter aftertaste, the action of Sellevision takes place behind the scenes (and on the set) of a successful television shopping network, where a feminine role model, Peggy Jean Smythe, the married, Christian mother of three, begins receiving suspicious e-mail from a viewer who insists that Peggy's hairy earlobe is obscuring her presentation of jewelry during the broadcast. When Peggy fails to respond to the e-mail, but silently waxes her lobe, the cruel notes escalate, until Peggy believes herself to be suffering from a hormonal crisis that has given her a mustache, a gruff voice, and the manner of a lumberjack. Meanwhile, one of her cohosts, Max Andrews, has been fired for accidentally exposing himself during a children's special, and learns just how undesirable a commodity a penis-baring ex-Sellevision host can be on the job market. The book is an unusually smooth read for a first novel, with six or seven truly inspired lines.

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Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • SellevisionSt. Martin's Griffin2000-01-01

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