The Sunset Crowd: A Novel

Bol Partner

"Irresistible, deft, sparkling…The Sunset Crowd is cool sans hangover, which makes it a perfect addition to your summer luggage." ––The Washington Post "The Sunset Crowd is everything I want in a book?complex characters, glamorous locales, and a plot that’s as smart as it is juicy. You’re going to love it." ––Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife UpstairsFame. Fortune. Love. You can't have them all. Meet LA darling Evra Scott. The daughter of an Oscar-winning director and a Brazilian bombshell actress, Evra is the city’s reigning style queen. By day, she’s at the helm of Sunset on Sunset, the store beloved by Hollywood’s young and beautiful. By night, she’s on the arm of Kai de la Faire, Hawaii’s hottest export, and the screenwriter of the moment.Enter Theodora Leigh. The twenty-something Paramount assistant looks like a big screen star, but her sights are firmly set behind the scenes, as she fights to become a movie producer in a town where sex and sexism sell. Theodora’s got the talent and instincts, but she’s not willing to wait. Luckily, getting ahead by any means necessary is LA’s mantra.Observing it all is Bea Dupont, a photographer for Rolling Stone and Vogue, who never misses the party, but always keeps to its fringes. A Manhattan blue blood turned West Coast bohemian, Bea holds Evra’s Sunset crowd together. She’s also Kai’s oldest friend, and she’s harbored a not-so-secret flame for him since they met at an elite Swiss boarding school.But in Hollywood, no one stays on top forever. And it’s not long before Theodora’s unrelenting ambition sets in motion a dramatic quest for power in an industry that is as glamorous as it is duplicitous.From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe's The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, and the glittering appeal of success and stardom, as it seeks to answer that timeless question?who gets to have the American dream?

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An enigmatic conwoman chases the blinding lights of fame in 1977 Hollywood, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid. Fame. Fortune. Love. You can't have them all. Evra Scott is LA's style queen. By day, she’s at the helm of Sunset on Sunset, the city's hottest store. By night, surrounded by a group of glamorous friends - and on the arm of Kai de la Faire, the screenwriter of the moment. Together, they're Hollywood royalty. Bea Dupont is a photographer for Rolling Stone and Vogue. A Manhattan blue blood turned West Coast bohemian, she's Evra's best friend - but she's also harboring a not-so-secret flame for Kai, and she's grown tired of staying behind the camera. Enter Theodora Leigh, a Paramount assistant and aspiring producer. Though Theodora has talent, instincts, and sex appeal, she's new to LA and lacks the connections she craves. But when she meets Evra and Bea, she sees an opportunity to get ahead - and in the aftermath, all three women's lives will never be the same. From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, the glittering appeal of success and stardom, and the promise of the American Dream.