{"product_id":"ill-eat-when-im-dead-hardcover","title":"I'll Eat When I'm Dead - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Bourland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery weekday morning, as the sun rose above Sixth Avenue, a peerless crop of women-frames poised, behavior polished, networks connected, and bodies generally buffed to a high sheen-were herded by the cattle prod of their own ambition to one particular building. They're smart, stylish, and sophisticated, even the one found dead in her office. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen stylish Hillary Whitney dies alone in a locked, windowless conference room at the offices of RAGE Fashion Book, her death is initially ruled an unfortunate side effect of the unrelenting pressure to be thin. But Hillary's best friend and fellow RAGE editor Catherine Ono knows her friend's dieting wasn't a capital P problem. If beauty could kill, it'd take more than that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen two months later, a cryptic note in Hillary's handwriting ends up in the office of the NYPD and the case is reopened, Det. Mark Hutton is led straight into the glamorous world of RAGE and into the life of hot-headed and fiercely fabulous Cat, who insists on joining the investigation. Surrounded by a supporting cast of party girls, Type A narcissists and half- dead socialites, Cat and her colleague Bess Bonner are determined to solve the case and achieve sartorial perfection. But their amateur detective work has disastrous results, and the two ingenues are caught in a web of drugs, sex, lies and moisturizer that changes their lives forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViciously funny, this sharp and satirical take on the politics of women's bodies and women's work is an addictive debut novel that dazzles with style and savoire faire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Bourland\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eI'll Eat When I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, a Refinery29 Best Book of 2017 and an Irish Independent Book of the Year. \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e called \u003ci\u003eI'll Eat When I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e \"delectable.\" Wednesday Martin, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePrimates of Park Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUntrue\u003c\/i\u003e, deemed it \"a deft, smart, and hilarious debut.\" \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e noted that \"death by beauty was never so much fun,\" and the book was featured in \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUs Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eI'll Eat When I'm Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is now available in paperback, and is forthcoming in Hebrew from Matar Press in Israel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bourland is a former freelance writer and web producer for titles at Conde Nast and Hearst, among others. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and dog. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eFake Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e, is forthcoming in June 2019 from Grand Central Publishing in North America and from riverrun abroad. \u003ci\u003eFake Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e was written with support from The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY, where Bourland was a resident over the winter of 2017-2018.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760066068768,"sku":"9781455595211","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc73e325f2395bdcc38bddece4d71323.webp?v=1780170548","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ill-eat-when-im-dead-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}