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February 3, 2012 | History

Sellevision: A Novel 5 editions

Cover of: Sellevision by Augusten Burroughs
About the Book

Light and funny, with a bitter aftertaste, the action of Sellevision takes place behind the scenes (and on the set) of a successful television shopping network, where a feminine role model, Peggy Jean Smythe, the married, Christian mother of three, begins receiving suspicious e-mail from a viewer who insists that Peggy's hairy earlobe is obscuring her presentation of jewelry during the broadcast. When Peggy fails to respond to the e-mail, but silently waxes her lobe, the cruel notes escalate, until Peggy believes herself to be suffering from a hormonal crisis that has given her a mustache, a gruff voice, and the manner of a lumberjack. Meanwhile, one of her cohosts, Max Andrews, has been fired for accidentally exposing himself during a children's special, and learns just how undesirable a commodity a penis-baring ex-Sellevision host can be on the job market. The book is an unusually smooth read for a first novel, with six or seven truly inspired lines.

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5 editions First published in 2000

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2000, St. Martin's Griffin
Sellevision
in English - 1st ed.
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2003, Picador
Sellevision
in English - 1st Picador ed.
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June 1, 2003, Picador
Sellevision
Paperback in English
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November 28, 2006, Audio Renaissance
Sellevision
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
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September 28, 2010, Picador
Sellevision

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