14 of November's Most Fascinating New Books
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The Fame Lunches
By Daphne Merkin
416 pages;
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The literary critic and essayist deftly blends wit, charm and erudition
in a provocative collection of observations on everything from the
fragility of celebrity to the pocketbook as penis substitute.
— Sarah Meyer
Published 10/20/2014