Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Great if you're in the mood for something light!:

In the mood for something light, I read SELLEVISION by
Augusten Burroughs . . . what a hoot!

It is a novel about life at a fictional home-shopping network . . . such
topics as greed, obsession and third-tier celebrity are explored--all
by way of a cast of characters that had me laughing out loud.

This is one book that ended far too soon . . . but the good thing
is that it left me wanting to read other books (RUNNING WITH
SCISSORS and the sequel DRY) by the same author.

There were many... more info

a hoot!:

This book is hysterical -- it shows the soap opera that is the lives of the minor celebrities who make up a popular home shopping network. One is receiving [prank] letters telling her how hairy she is to the point she has developed a major complex and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Another accidentally exposes himself on TV and gets fired, thus looking for another gig. Yet another is sleeping with the boss and, while it gets her more desirable time slots for her show, she doesn't get any marriage... more info

hilarious:

This book is hilarious from start to finish. Centered around the inner workings of a shopping network, sort of an R-rated version of the old Mary Tyler Moore Show (for anyone either old enough or versed enough in 70's trivia). The set up at the beginning is that one of the hosts gets fired for accidently exposing his weaner while modeling a pair of boxers. How this happens and what it leads to will give any reader tons of laughs. Full of riotous subplots with a great, wild ending. Read the book then watch... more info

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