With his dark wit and corrosive dialogue, Eric Bogosian tells a
powerful and emotionally wrenching tale of two lovers who form a
mesmerizing and destructive bond while trying to evade the looming
failure of their respective lives.
Reba runs away from her shabby and desolate rural community for the lure
of New York City. Her tall and awkward frame lands her work modeling,
but she is not prepared for the glamorous, drug-fueled life of a
celebrated mannequin. After a series of painful relationships, she sees
hope and an exit toward stability and sanity in the man who saves her
brother's life.
This man is Rick, a successful SoHo general practitioner with a warm
family and an idyllic life that has left him restless and hollow. He
doesn't take Reba seriously until he finds himself so enmeshed in her
beauty that he risks losing everything--his home, his children and his
beloved wife.
Master monologist and author of the acclaimed Mall returns with a
sprawling novel of urban desperation and desire that brings to mind the
winding narratives of Tom Wolfe salted with the dark urges of Philip
Roth. Wasted Beauty is Bogosian's enthralling journey through the high
life of drugs and fashion celebrity, middle-class guilt and sexual
obsession.
