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Valley of the Dolls

By: Jacqueline Susann
Narrated by: Laverne Cox
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Before Jackie Collins, Candace Bushnell and Lena Dunham, Jacqueline Susann held the world rapt with her tales of the private passions of Hollywood starlets, high-powered industrialists and the jet set. 

Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published 50 years ago. Never had a book been so frank about sex, drugs and show business. It is often cited as the best-selling novel of all time. 

Dolls - red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne, Neely and Jennifer, it doesn't matter as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three beautiful women become best friends when they are young and in New York, struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. 

Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down - to the Valley of the Dolls. 

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Critic reviews

"About the most fun you can have without a prescription!" (Julie Burchill)

"Much imitated, but never bettered." (Daily Telegraph)

"Decades ahead of its time.... Mesmerizing.... The equation of emotional dependencies with drug addiction in one comprehensive personality disorder is, if anything, more chic today." (Village Voice)

"Jackie, it seemed, understood by instinct that her readers were ready for the raw side of love...for a franker sexuality and a tougher kind of story - for romance with tears and oral sex." (Michael Korda, The New Yorker)
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loved the story but found the narrator difficult to listen to and irritating. a real shame.

An all time favourite

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Loved this book, great characters and story, I couldn’t stop listening. The narrator wasn’t what I was expecting but once you get into the story it flows really well, great tone and emotion as he reads.

I love reality shows based around women, think real housewives, if your like me then you will enjoy this book too!

Great book

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I had to brace myself through the audio several times but had to quit after 3 hours. The story doesn’t sound neither engrossing nor relevant, but the performance won’t let you get to the crux of the characters or the plot. Why are there so many unnecessary high pitched, vulgar exclamations during the dialogues? I felt they are very jarring and out of line of the characters.

Narrator - why?

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it is one of my favourite books,it made me think about many aspects of life I will read it over and over again,thanks Jacqueline Susan so sorry that your life was interrupted so early you could have written many more wonderful books

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I read this story when first published and I loved it. I was looking forward to listening to it, only the narrator is awful. Spoilt the story. No idea who Laverne Cox is but I’m sure there are better American narrators out there.

Great story. Awful narration: irritating voice

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