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by Robert Rodi (Author) ". . . Is it running? Is it running now? . . . I don't see the needle jumpi- Oh, there it is. . ..." (more)
Key Phrases: duchess samantha, alex wylie, miss chute, Berry Leyton, Manfred Harry, The Winds of Wyndhamville (more...)
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From Publishers Weekly
Rodi uses the checkered career of a B-movie bimbo as a vehicle to skewer the cult of celebrity in his latest novel, a typically raunchy romp that begins with actress Viola Chute dictating her memoirs to her ghost writer, E. Manfred Harry. Harry certainly has plenty of material to work with Chute's past includes a veritable conga line of schlock movies, former husbands and enough scandalous behavior to keep a posse of gossip columnists busy for a long time. But both the bio project and Chute's career go down the tubes when the prime-time soap opera diva gets fired after demanding a million dollars an episode, and the network replaces Chute with her arch-rival, Georgia Kirkby, a serious but pompous actress who also has a stage background. The beleaguered Chute is also busy fending off a lawsuit from a paparazzo, and when the actress cuts Harry loose, he gets hired by Kirkby to dig up enough dirt on Chute's past to ruin her. Rodi fleshes out his rather skimpy primary plot by telling his story exclusively through letters, e-mails, interviews and the like, a tactic that works for the most part, although as the subplots and secondary characters begin to pile up the book becomes a bit busy. But most of this is just an excuse for Rodi's over-the-top commentary on the excesses of Hollywood culture and our obsession with celebrities; although occasionally silly, there's plenty of juicy fun for those who like their movie heroes well done.

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*Starred Review* The publisher should print a warning on this one: "DANGER: Reading this book in designated quiet spaces risks rousing the wrath of others with chuckles, giggles, belly laughs, and outright guffaws." Rodi stands the epistolary novel on its head, creating an effervescent cocktail of satire, mystery, and romance from an inspired assemblage of e-mail, recorded phone messages, transcriptions of taped interviews, newspaper clippings, theater and film reviews, Christmas cards, fan-magazine puffery, and scripts from The Winds of Wyndamville, a wildly popular Dallas cum Dynasty nighttime soaper. At the center of this collage is Viola Chute, a former B-movie sleaze queen currently riding new heights of fame because of her surprise success as Wyndamville's virtuous Grand Duchess Samantha. She has hired freelance writer E. Manfred Harry--call him Harry--to help with her memoirs, and the more he interviews her and tries to reconcile the snowballing discrepancies, the more she puts him off, making her an enigma wrapped in--not mystery, but faux ermine. Add to this a $10 million lawsuit from an injured papparazo, duelling divas, and a set of nude shots from Viola's past, and camp hilarity explodes off the page. Whitney Scott
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Plume; First Thus edition (February 26, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0452283108
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452283107
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #905,202 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars hysterically entertaining, March 27, 2002
By "cubbydenne" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
Robert Rodi is a master of his craft. Interesting style and sharp wit combine to make acid-tripping dogs and bitter back-stabbing actress antics a rollicking success in his latest novel.
I just have to say this books is genius. And, for the die-hard Rodi fan, you MUST check out his new comic-book series, CODENAME: KNOCKOUT which is sinfully delicious.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Need fun? Read this one!, June 5, 2003
When I started reading this book, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. I guess I was sort of ho-hum about it. It was cute, funny and had a neat style to it, but there didn't seem to be anything special about it. Then, surprisingly, that all changed. Bitch Goddess really started to grow on me. Soon, I found myself reading it for hours just to find out what happened next.

Viola Chute is one memorable character! Author Robert Rodi has created this fabulous life for her, a former B-movie actress who has found a rise in her career through the nighttime soap opera, The Winds of Wyndamville. But there are a few years in Viola's life that are unaccounted for. Where was she between 1979 and 1982? There are no records, articles or interviews claiming a much-needed vacation or a few years spent at a spa retreat. And when anyone brings it up, Viola is the queen of changing the subject.

Mr. Harry is hired by Viola to ghostwrite her biography. While doing so, he becomes intrigued by the missing years and goes in search of the truth. And by this time, readers will be curious, too.

The story is told entirely in interviews, articles, answering machine messages, faxes, e-mails, and tape-recorded conversations between Mr. Harry and Viola. It was very easy to follow along with the style, and I think this aspect of the novel is what made it so much fun to read. This is my first try with a Robert Rodi book, and I'm thinking another one will be in order soon!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Funny Summer Reading if you can forgive the format, April 4, 2006
I haven't read a book in this format (e-mails, letters, cards etc) since the suspense book THE FAN years ago and it still doesnt work very well. :) It was frustrating at first and it took me a long time to get "into" the book.

I will give this a good review because as I kept reading I became more and more interseted in the escapades of the b movie actress Viola Chute and by the time all the "twists and turns" were revealed I laughed out loud at the resilience of her character. It was delicious satire.

The "Big secret" we keep waiting for ends up to be a real snoozer but I enjoyed the unraveling of the story none the less.

I still think PRINCESS PARAGON is his best book. (And not his most popular either)

If you have not read a Robert Rodi book before I would suggest starting with FAG HAG and PRICESS PARAGON. (I only thought DRAG QUEEN was not worth reading)

Enjoy but don't expect too much from this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Divine Viola
This is Rodi at his best - creating a strong woman. Viola Chute, the heroine of the novel, is a strong woman, much stronger than men around her. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ford Ka

4.0 out of 5 stars A dark comedy that will have you in stitches!
Someone told me that I should try a Robert Rodi novel because his style is somewhat similar to Terry Southern and Augusten Burroughs, two favorites of mine. Read more
Published on April 7, 2006 by CoffeeGurl

2.0 out of 5 stars i couldn't get through it
i could not get past the first 30 pages or so. i found it dull and the way that it flips back and forth between formats is distracting. i found it to be boring. Read more
Published on May 25, 2003 by slickkat

2.0 out of 5 stars "We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave..."
There's been a heat wave of tropical proportions in my town and it's been tough just stringing two thoughts together, which is probably why the "summer reading" genre has been... Read more
Published on July 9, 2002 by Charles Slovenski

5.0 out of 5 stars An HYSTERICAL return
I've enjoyed all of Robert Rodi's novels, but this one, with its stylish correspondance style was SO MUCH FUN! The humor is intelligent, and it is so well paced that Mr. Read more
Published on June 21, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't let this one spoil the rest.
After several FANTASTIC books, I assumed this would be the same. No such luck. I was bored silly by this book and miss Rodi's usually hilarious charachters and twists. Read more
Published on June 3, 2002 by Please, Mary

5.0 out of 5 stars Rodi's best yet
What a riot! After a slight gap between books, Rodi is back with a hilarious, spiky Hollywood satire. I've never seen anyone work so nimbly in the epistolary style. Read more
Published on April 10, 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Different, fluffy but still entertaining
Robert Rodi weaves his tale in a novel, clever sort of way, stitching his story together with nothing but correspondences: e-mails, answering machine messages, letters,... Read more
Published on March 28, 2002 by juchoo7

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