In her second novel, “Four Blondes,” Bushnell gives readers another uncensored look into the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite. In four novellas, Bushnell uses wry humor and frank portrayals of love and lust to deliver four clever, hilarious and socially relevant stories. “Four Blondes” was a critical and commercial success. With "Sex and the City" and "Four Blondes", Bushnell’s work spawned a new genre of fiction—the “chick-lit” phenomenon.
Industry Reviews
"Bushnell writes with the same acerbic ruthlessness that has made Sex and the City such a touchstone of our times." --The New York Times "Bushnell has her milieu down cold, and writes with the peculiarly New York cynicism of a woman who has attended one too many fragrance launches." --New York Times Book Review"Enough sharp humor and canny, insightful portraits to easily fill Sex and the City's Manolo Blahnik shoes." --USA Today"A collection of short stories about Manhattanites whose escapades will make your own life seem tame. . . . Pour yourself a cocktail and dig in." --Playboy"Candace Bushnell is back in fine, blunt form. . . . Fans will get what they love: the literary dirt on characters who are so manically self-absorbed they're appealing. . . . What makes [Four Blondes] good is that it's all about the messy clash of bad ideas, greedy expectations, and power." --Boston Globe"In a world of fiction currently populated by earnest, neurotic female characters who hold down responsible jobs, it's a relief to read about lives that are so much more troubled, glamorous and unapologetically shallow than our own." --US Weekly"Bushnell's keen eye for detail is a treat, and her knack for identifying New York-specific idiosyncrasies is a riot." --Chicago Tribune"Jacqueline Susann meets Edith Wharton, a novel of manners with no manners, pop literature that smartly captures the mores and obsessions of our times and does so with wit, insight and a lot of talk about sex. . . . Bushnell's satire is on target and unstrained . . . [she] has a good eye for details, a great ear for dialogue and an excellent mind for dirty thoughts." --Seattle Times"[Four Blondes] is so trashy, crude and vulgar that you know you should stop, but you just can't. . . . Bushnell has a scathing, unerring eye for the details and humiliations of modern urban life." --Cleveland Plain-Dealer"[Four Blondes] is hip and funny, with zany New York trends, romantic men, silly names, and sage advice." --Chicago Sun-Times
