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Celebrity

Thomas Thompson

Paperback | Pages: 640 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 399 Users | 41 Reviews

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Original Title:	Celebrity
ISBN:	0446322164 (ISBN13: 9780446322164)
Edition Language:	English

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They were princes...

The royalty of their 1950 high school graduating class--three promising young men who were, without a doubt, most likely to succeed.

And they did succeed.

In films, in journalism and in charismatic religion, they reached that dazzling, dangerous pinnacle called

CELEBRITY

...only to be haunted by memories of a dark night of violence and a shared secret guilt that could destroy them all.

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Title	:	Celebrity
Author	:	Thomas Thompson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 640 pages
Published	:	February 1st 1984 by Warner Books (NY) (first published 1982)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Crime. True Crime. Thriller. Drama

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This was one of those books that sat on my bookshelf for more than 30 years--honest! I finally decided to read it after it was brought up in an online reading group that I belong to. Although for the most part, I enjoyed it, I sometimes found it difficult to follow. Lots of characters and lots of side stories were hard to keep track of. The main plot seemed to move rather slowly as it was bogged down with all of this other information. I must say, however, that the twists and turns were the most

I had already read this some years ago, but it's one of my favorite guilty pleasure-trashy reads, so was glad to read it again, when I found one at Goodwill. It was also made into a quite good miniseries in the 80s.Three Fort Worth boys are haunted by something in which they were involved on their high school graduation weekend in 1950. They all go on to achieve fame and fortune(hence the title) but one of them, in particular, can't shake the memory of a girl who happened into the isolated cabin

Celebrity is a juicy and engrossing summertime beach read if you can get past the casual racism, gross misogyny, and overabundance of cringe inducing metaphors and similes (I mean, he compares a house on the hillside to a melting pat of butter!). There's a twist at the end that I didn't see coming but in retrospect is blatantly obvious and, outside of the embarrassing use of those aforementioned metaphors and similes, Thompson's writing is far better than any trashy novel deserves to be.The

I read this book when it was first published back in 1982. I remembered the fascinating characters and the sweeping roller coaster plot. I didn't remember how well written it was/is. I love that Thompson uses the word "celebrity" in some way in each chapter. It's a great summer escape read. Caution: language and some scenes are pretty rough.

If you want to read a book that completely absorbs you, this is the one. Somehow it's gossipy and salacious and poignant and insightful all at the same time. I read it for the first time over 20 years ago and I still count it as one of my favorite books.

I read this as a teenager after the mini-series (god, I miss mini-series), and I obsessed over it for years. I wish I still owned my original dog-eared paperback copy, but it's long gone. Without giving too much away, the moment the acid on the wall of the cell reveals the face to TJ is tattooed on my soul. Wonderful haunting, sprawling Southern story with glamor and sex and scandal.

For about 10 years, in my teens, I would read this book every summer. It's trashy enough to qualify as a great summer read. I picked it up again, because I wanted to see if it was as good as I remembered. It is. As a matter of fact, now that I'm older, I can appreciate the great writing, the intricate plotting, the great way in which the story is told and the characters. SO glad I came back to visit this one.