false 467792 2 In the tradition of Bright Lights, Big City and Less Than Zero, Tom Dolby has written a searing debut novel about going after what you really want without losing yourself in the process. Powerfully written, keenly felt, The Trouble Boy heralds an exciting new voice in fiction. <P> <P>"This is about fame and celebrity and the lengths to which people will go to have a taste of it..." <P> At twenty-two, Toby Griffin wants it all-fame, fortune, an Oscar-winning screenplay and a good-looking boyfriend by his side. For now, what he's got is a freelance writing job at a tanking online magazine, a walk-up sublet in the East Village and "the boys," a young posse of preppy Upper East Siders with a taste for high fashion, top-shelf liquor and other men. <P> <P>But for Toby, downing vodka cranberries and falling in and out of lust with a series of guys he knows as Subway Boy, Loft Boy and Goth Boy is getting old. So is being pursued by his best friend Jamie while secretly desiring his co-worker, Donovan, a sexual adventurer who seems intent on conducting his own Kinsey report in bedrooms across the city. That all changes when Toby gets the chance of a lifetime-working as a personal assistant to hip, ruthless film mogul, Cameron Cole. Picking up Cameron's steamed veggies and typing up his memos is Toby's entrée to the big time, moving in a dizzying crowd of celebrities and power makers. Suddenly he's swilling champagne with scenemakers like publicist Ariana Richards, Hollywood bombshell Jordan Gardner, and club performer Lola Copacabana. In this decadent, drug-fueled world of VIP lounges, endless networking and relentless hype, Toby discovers that nothing is what is seems and that anything and anyone can be spun into PR gold. Though he's making friends with all the right people. Toby realizes that succeeding in Manhattan isn't as easy as he thought-until the one tragic night that changes his future forever and puts him in a position of power he never could have imagined. <P> <P>But with Toby's name suddenly becoming Page Six material, his life is coming unglued. And as his professional contacts betray him and his friends reveal troubling secrets, his choices become that much harder-and that much more important. Now, in his first year on his own, Toby Griffin is about to learn the price of getting everything he ever wanted... 456145 2004 The Trouble Boy total:38|5:5|4:11|3:16|2:5|1:1| 38 128 63 2 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 23:07:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 23:10:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 14 17:32:04 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 17:32:04 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 10:50:27 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:50:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 06:41:01 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:41:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 18:57:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:57:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 08 14:14:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:14:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 05:27:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 05:27:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 11:54:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:54:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 09:48:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:48:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 09:24:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:24:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 24 15:24:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:24:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 13:26:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:26:13 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 10:56:16 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:56:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 14:53:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 14:53:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 10:11:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:11:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 20:32:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 20:32:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 26 06:00:17 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 06:00:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 21 06:39:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 06:39:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 09 20:49:38 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 20:49:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 08 12:00:09 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:00:09 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3079032