The Gossip Columnist's Daughter: A Novel

ISBN: 0316224650

Author: Orner, Peter

Condition: New

The cold case of a young Hollywood starlets death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own family-a new novel by a major talent (New York Times) and one of the most distinctive voices of his generation (Granta).Jed Rosenthal hasnt published a book in fourteen years, the mother of his child left him in a trial separation that has stretched on indefinitely, and he struggles to navigate the daily sorrows of their co-parenting arrangement. But the implosion of Jeds family is simply a footnote in the larger history of the Rosenthal familys decline.Just days after the JFK assassination, Karyn Cookie Kupcinet was found dead in her Hollywood apartment. The press reported that the 22-year-old was strangled, yet unanswered questions linger to this day. Cookies parents-Chicago royalty, Irv and Essee Kupcinet-had been close friends with Jed's grandparents, but in the aftermath of her death, their friendship abruptly and inexplicably ended. Decades later, Jed pores over family stories, newspaper archives, old photos, and crime scene notes, believing that if he can divine the truth of Cookie's death-whether it was suicide, murder, or part of a larger conspiracy-it might shed light on a mystery closer to home.Spanning seventy plus years, and weaving together family drama and a true-life unsolved case, The Gossip Columnists Daughter is a singular, wryly comic, and deeply human exploration into friendship and the bonds that sustain us.