THE MILLENNIUM GIRL is a knockout.From her chestnut hair (color often subject to change) to her jade-green eyes to her deep-red lips to her stunner bod,she's got a package that stops limos.THE MILLENNIUM GIRL vacations in all the right places: Winter in St. Bart's and Palm Beach, Spring in French hot-spots like Paris and Cannes, Summer in the Hamptons, New Year's in Aspen.THE MILLENNIUM GIRL knows that to score big, you've got to land a Walletman-he has to be rich, generous and stylish.Sexy wouldn't hurt either. But love-that's not necessarily part of the equation.THE MILLENNIUM GIRL is running out of time.Her "Ten Year Window" is about to slam shut.She's got to find a guy to take care of her-and find him fast.But on her champagne-fueled quest, there's one person she forgot about- herself-and one thing she never counted on...falling in love.AUTHORBIO: COERTE V.W. FELSKE lives in SoHo and Montauk, Long Island.His first two novels, The Shallow Man and Word, are in production at New Line Cinema.
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Riffing off of both The Rules and the slew of new single-girl manhunt novels, Felske's (The Word) third novel scales new heights of stylized, parodic misogyny and shallowness, aiming to describe the art of gold-digging women and the folly of their prey: wealthy, high-living "walletmen." Bodicea Langley, hailing from a small factory town in Ohio, relocates to New York to pursue a career as a Digger, a woman who lives off well-heeled lovers, hoping to lure one into marriage. Her perfect body, nauseatingly if satirically described, provides the bait. After dumping two-timing multimillionaire Giles, Bo decides to marry Napoleon, a gay friend who can access his family's considerable fortune if he weds. But while visiting Napoleon's family in Palm Beach, Bo takes up with Bradley Lorne-August, a designer-logo-dripping GQ clich?. Bradley's attentions wane and Bo resumes with former lover Warren Samuels, America's 11th-richest manAwhose tastes run to sex in airplanes, religious role playing and sadism. During the Aspen leg of her Digger Tour, Bo falls for a young journalist and keeps tabs on her ailing sister and niece, both living in poverty back in Ohio. Predictably, Bo realizes that all that glitters is not gold and decides to become independent, but her leap into self-sufficiency has as much substance as a champagne buzz. Sometimes clever, Bo invents cute nicknames for her fellow Diggers: "Travels With Men" and "Operation: I Do." However, Bo's trite discovery that wealth isn't love is unrelieved by the dangerously uneven prose, as clumsy sex scenes mix with meandering lessons for Digger survival. Awkward phrasingsA"Don't depend. Independ"Afail as jokes but point up this comic failure with perky insistence. The acidic jibes at upper-class hypocrisy are good for a few chuckles, but the novel's stabs at satiric revelations drown in the shallows of Felske's limited vision and tiresome subject. (Oct.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Bodecia Lashley has definite goals. She is a "Digger"Aa woman who makes her living sponging off of supremely wealthy "Walletmen"Aand an active participant on the "Digger Tour." The tour takes her all over the world, from Gstaad to St. Tropez, Palm Beach, and Aspen, to trade her feminine wiles for wearables from Prada and Gucci and for cold, hard cash. The goal of the Digger Tourists? To marry a Walletman, and Bo is trying her hardest to land the big one. A likeable character despite her excesses, Bo speaks in catchy phrases and, for her compatriots on the Digger Tour, finds hilarious nicknames like Three Minute Princess and At These Prices. This is a strong follow-up to Felske's previous novel, Word, which delved hilariously into the Hollywood screenwriting scene. Here he uses his trademark insight and detail to peer into the lives of sassy but sad women. Learning how Bo got started in her line of work and observing her encounters with the richest of the rich is a complete hoot. Sexy, hard to put down, and 100 percent fun, this is recommended for all fiction collections.
-ABeth Gibbs, P.L. of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cty., NC
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-ABeth Gibbs, P.L. of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cty., NC
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Coerte V.W. Felske was born in New York City and grew up in Manhattan
and Quogue, Long Island. He attended Bronxville High School and received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College. He did his graduate
work in film directing and screenwriting at Columbia University. The Shallow
Man, originally published in 1995, was his first novel. His second novel, Word,
came out in 1998 followed by The Millennium Girl in 2000 and Scandalocity in 2010. (For in-depth biography go to coertefelske.com) In 2008, the author established his independent online literary imprint, The Dolce Vita Press, founded in conjunction with Amazon.com, to publish and distribute his books. The imprint's inaugural publication was The Shallow Man: 15th Anniversary Edition released in September, 2009 followed by the author's first new novel in eight years, Scandalocity, released in May, 2010. Both are now available on Kindle.
Scandalocity (defined as "the speed at which scandal measured in velocity can turn you into a star,") is a sexy psychological thriller for the social network generation. With Scandalocity Felske, known for his Zeitgeist fiction, takes on the Information Age, scandal sheets, and our tech-driven, media-consumed and celebrity-obsessed culture. His protagonist, Harry Starslinger, is an ADHD-addled online gossip reporter who gets embroiled in the investigation of his girlfriend's murder. There more passion and murder and Harry becomes the hunted one. The book has been termed "The Sweet Smell of Success" meets "Body Heat," and is a dramatic, twisting and turning, page-turner which includes all the new and fresh language, a veritable lexicon's worth, which have been the hallmarks of the author's inimitable life-in-the-fast-lane literature (like "scandalocity," he coined and brought the term "modelizer" into the daily vernacular). Scandalocity is the author's second Dolce Vita Press release. The Ivory Stretch, Felske's fifth novel, a blazing, fastastical road book which takes place in the American southwest, will be released by the DVP in May, 2011.
Though Felske had been writing extensively in the years since his last original publication he held off going to marketplace with the new material. The Dolce Vita Press was the reason. The author launched the DVP to have significant contact with readership, exercise creative control over his work, and to have the freedom to incorporate the talents of top photographers, graphic artists, and book jacket designers. (World renowned photographers and artists Peter Beard and Ellen von Unwerth shoot Felske's memorable covers, featuring supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Irina Shayk.)
The Dolce Vita Press label derives from the Italian term "dolce vita," which translates to the "sweet life." Felske was influenced by Federico Fellini's cinematic masterwork, La Dolce Vita, which tells the tale of a carefree, decadent group of seemingly glamorous partiers, nightclubbers, and exotic women as they navigate their way through Rome's high society, all pursued by a dashing playboy paparazzo. The author has often referred to his literature as "dolce vita fiction," stories about nightclub impresarios, serial womanizers, fashionistas, fortunehunting women, entertainment business hopefuls, and scandal sheet writers, entrenched in a similar dolce vita circuitry; in essence, characters living modern versions of that illusory sweet life depicted in Fellini's film.
Felske has three more new works completed and coming soon from the DVP. His next, The Ivory Stretch, will be released in May, 2011, followed by Chemical/Animal, his second written in first person as a woman, in the spring of 2012, and the A Touch of Noir in 2013 (go to coertefelske.com for details). All Coerte V.W. Felske titles for The Dolce Vita Press are available at the author's Web site coertefelske.com, thedolcevitapress.com, as well as Amazon.com. To contact the DVP, request a review copy, or write to the author, please visit the author's Web site at coertefelske.com.
In other news, there are two cable television shows in the works, "Scandalocity" and "Millennium Girls" based upon the author's books of the same names. The author appeared in "Real Housewives of New York" in March, 2010 as the romantic interest for one of the "wives." Felske also penned the lyrics for the 2010 Billboard #1 hit dance song "Secret Love" for singer Kim Sozzi. Felske is represented by manager Brad Kaplan at Evolution Entertainment in Los Angeles (323-850-3232).
and Quogue, Long Island. He attended Bronxville High School and received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College. He did his graduate
work in film directing and screenwriting at Columbia University. The Shallow
Man, originally published in 1995, was his first novel. His second novel, Word,
came out in 1998 followed by The Millennium Girl in 2000 and Scandalocity in 2010. (For in-depth biography go to coertefelske.com) In 2008, the author established his independent online literary imprint, The Dolce Vita Press, founded in conjunction with Amazon.com, to publish and distribute his books. The imprint's inaugural publication was The Shallow Man: 15th Anniversary Edition released in September, 2009 followed by the author's first new novel in eight years, Scandalocity, released in May, 2010. Both are now available on Kindle.
Scandalocity (defined as "the speed at which scandal measured in velocity can turn you into a star,") is a sexy psychological thriller for the social network generation. With Scandalocity Felske, known for his Zeitgeist fiction, takes on the Information Age, scandal sheets, and our tech-driven, media-consumed and celebrity-obsessed culture. His protagonist, Harry Starslinger, is an ADHD-addled online gossip reporter who gets embroiled in the investigation of his girlfriend's murder. There more passion and murder and Harry becomes the hunted one. The book has been termed "The Sweet Smell of Success" meets "Body Heat," and is a dramatic, twisting and turning, page-turner which includes all the new and fresh language, a veritable lexicon's worth, which have been the hallmarks of the author's inimitable life-in-the-fast-lane literature (like "scandalocity," he coined and brought the term "modelizer" into the daily vernacular). Scandalocity is the author's second Dolce Vita Press release. The Ivory Stretch, Felske's fifth novel, a blazing, fastastical road book which takes place in the American southwest, will be released by the DVP in May, 2011.
Though Felske had been writing extensively in the years since his last original publication he held off going to marketplace with the new material. The Dolce Vita Press was the reason. The author launched the DVP to have significant contact with readership, exercise creative control over his work, and to have the freedom to incorporate the talents of top photographers, graphic artists, and book jacket designers. (World renowned photographers and artists Peter Beard and Ellen von Unwerth shoot Felske's memorable covers, featuring supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Irina Shayk.)
The Dolce Vita Press label derives from the Italian term "dolce vita," which translates to the "sweet life." Felske was influenced by Federico Fellini's cinematic masterwork, La Dolce Vita, which tells the tale of a carefree, decadent group of seemingly glamorous partiers, nightclubbers, and exotic women as they navigate their way through Rome's high society, all pursued by a dashing playboy paparazzo. The author has often referred to his literature as "dolce vita fiction," stories about nightclub impresarios, serial womanizers, fashionistas, fortunehunting women, entertainment business hopefuls, and scandal sheet writers, entrenched in a similar dolce vita circuitry; in essence, characters living modern versions of that illusory sweet life depicted in Fellini's film.
Felske has three more new works completed and coming soon from the DVP. His next, The Ivory Stretch, will be released in May, 2011, followed by Chemical/Animal, his second written in first person as a woman, in the spring of 2012, and the A Touch of Noir in 2013 (go to coertefelske.com for details). All Coerte V.W. Felske titles for The Dolce Vita Press are available at the author's Web site coertefelske.com, thedolcevitapress.com, as well as Amazon.com. To contact the DVP, request a review copy, or write to the author, please visit the author's Web site at coertefelske.com.
In other news, there are two cable television shows in the works, "Scandalocity" and "Millennium Girls" based upon the author's books of the same names. The author appeared in "Real Housewives of New York" in March, 2010 as the romantic interest for one of the "wives." Felske also penned the lyrics for the 2010 Billboard #1 hit dance song "Secret Love" for singer Kim Sozzi. Felske is represented by manager Brad Kaplan at Evolution Entertainment in Los Angeles (323-850-3232).
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Searching for Something . . .,
By "edie1115" (Falls, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Millennium Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
Bodicea Lashley, the novel's main character, is a professional gold-digger who is searching for . . . something. Reading this book, I searched for something, as well. Some redeeming human characteristic. The self-titled Millenium Girl seems to have no real emotions, no dedication to any of the people in her life and no morals. I searched unsuccessfully for something to like about this 29-year-old child. However, you cannot actually hate the Millenium Girl, as she is completely devoid of personality. Like her everchanging hair color, she is a chameleon with no defining characteristics of her own. Bo does not deserve a "happily after ending", but she gets one. And the reader feels . . . nothing.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
take your places on the Digger Tour,
This review is from: The Millennium Girl (Hardcover)
Three-Minute Princess, Travels With Men, Snake In Her Pants,Every Little Bit Helps: they're all friends of Bo, the heroine ofthis deliciously naughty and outrageous novel. Bo needs all the friends she can get. She's on The Tour - The Digger Tour. The aim of the Tour for Bo and all her friends is to secure a Walletman - a rich man who has plenty of money to spoil her with, and take her to Gstaad, Aspen, St Tropez and Marbella. Considering Bo has a bottom the size of a grapefruit (and men find it just about as irresistible) you think it would be a snip for her to successfully net a cashed-up older gent. And it would - but unfortunately for her, Bo gets snared by The Look of Love. This is a frank and very funny novel - and despite being set in ritzy apartments and exotic locales, has a lot to tell us about life and love.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely entertaining,
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This review is from: The Millennium Girl (Hardcover)
While the title and introduction may present this book as a superficial read, a very important message is found in the end. I immensely enjoyed reading this book and was fascinated by the fact that the author is a man, who is a clever wordsmith and incredibly "in the know."
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