Namedropper A Novel [Paperback]

Meet Viva Cohen: her bedroom walls are plastered with posters of silver-screen legends, and underneath her school uniform she wears vintage thigh-high stockings. Her best friends are a drugged-out beauty queen and an aging rock star. She lives in London with her gay uncle Manny.
A bitingly funny and fiercely intelligent first novel,Namedroppertakes you on a rowdy romp from London to Los Angeles, where Viva and her two best friends search for love, experience, and Jack Nicholson. It's a wild ride as she uncovers the icon in every person she meets.ElleUtterly endearing and very funny.Michael MustoThe Village VoiceAnyone who's the least bit interested in celebrity obsession, wild animal sex, or sardonic wit will be dropping Emma Forrest's name this year.Ethan Hawke Electric, irreverent prose. When people talk about voice, this is what they mean.Eve Ensler author ofVagina MonologuesNamedropperis a sharp coming-of-age tale. Emma Forrest writes with the peculiar wisdom of a wicked-tongued, acutely observant young woman.Thomas Beller author ofThe Sleep-Over ArtistNamedropperis as tart, crisp, and compulsive as a bag of salt-and-vinegar potato chips. It's full of surprises, and full of life.Diane Leslie author ofFleur de Leigh's Life of CrimeViva Cohen, the young, funny, observant, well-read, music-savvy, cineaste, malephile narrator ofNamedropper,suggests that Emma Forrest may well be the Jane Austen of the techno-generation.