"Irresistible, deft, sparkling The Sunset Crowd is cool sans hangover, which makes it a perfect addition to your summer luggage." The Washington Post
"Super juicy." Rolling Stone
Fame. Fortune. Love. You can''t have them all.
Meet LA darling Evra Scott. The daughter of an Oscar-winning director and a Brazilian bombshell actress, Evra is the citys reigning style queen. By day, shes at the helm of Sunset on Sunset, the boutique beloved by Hollywoods young and beautiful. By night, shes on the arm of Kai de la Faire, Hawaiis hottest export, and the screenwriter of the moment.
Enter Theodora Leigh. The twenty-something Paramount Pictures assistant looks like a big screen star, but her sights are firmly set behind the scenes, as she fights to become a movie producer in a town where sex and sexism sell. Theodoras got the talent and instincts, but shes not willing to wait. Luckily, getting ahead by any means necessary is LAs mantra.
Observing it all is Bea Dupont, a photographer for Rolling Stone and Vogue, who never misses the party, but always keeps to its fringes. A Manhattan blue blood turned West Coast bohemian, Bea holds Evras Sunset crowd together. Shes also Kais oldest friend, and shes harbored a not-so-secret flame for him since they met at an elite Swiss boarding school.
But in Hollywood, no one stays on top forever. And its not long before Theodoras unrelenting ambition sets in motion a dramatic quest for power in an industry that is as glamorous as it is duplicitous.
From Rodeo Drive to the French Riviera, Karin Tanabe''s The Sunset Crowd is a tale of survival and reinvention, of faking it until you make it, and the glittering appeal of success and stardom, as it seeks to answer that timeless question?who gets to have the American dream?
